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The order will mean a fee change that will apply to every institution in Scotland. In itself, that is not new. Scottish ministers have set new fee levels like this before, but these will apply only to English students.
The extent to which they are emphasised is more of a national—and, indeed, regional—issue.Some new guidance has just come out on geographical targeting.
As members are aware, on 24 February we announced a new general duty on local authorities—when delivering services that are principally for children—to have regard to"the value of stable family life in a child's development."
It would be interesting to examine those issues during the year in order to establish that the Procedures Committee is not as dry as dust, but rather comes up with new ideas and new initiatives that could help the Parliament.
Section 39(1)(f), on the power to make provision for fixed penalty discounts, will insert new section 302(7A) into the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.