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An amendment to the Building Standards (Scotland) Regulations was laid in the Scottish Parliament on 14 December 1999, to come into force on 17 April 2000, introducing substantial new provisions to give disabled people access to new dwellings.
The Executive has responded.Are members content to draw the order to the attention of the lead committee and Parliament on the ground of failure to follow legislative practice, although that failure is not such that it affects the validity of the order; in relation to the vires for inserting a new paragraph 25 in schedule 1 to the Council Tax (Exempt Dwelli...
I wish the clerks and members of the committee a happy and successful new year.We have received apologies from Colin Fox, who cannot make it to the meeting, and from Jeremy Purvis, who has a transport difficulty.
Local Planning (PE1009) Before we move on to the election, we move on to our next new petition. PE1009, by William and Angela Flanagan, calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to ensure that there is justice in local planning matters for third parties who seek redress and financial recompense when planning authorities have acted in ...
Sorry, I picked that up wrongly.I welcome to the committee a new member, Bruce Crawford. Perhaps I should say, "Welcome back," because I know that he was a member of the committee before I joined it.
I hope that members enjoy tomorrow's debate, when we will conclude many years of work—that might not be the case for all committee members, but it certainly is for some of the staff and others—on producing a new members' interests order as part of the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Bill.
Education Maintenance Allowance Payments (PE815) The next petition is PE815, by Ian Dalrymple, which calls on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Executive to review the distribution of education maintenance allowance payments this year to ensure a fairer introduction of the new higher payments so that all eligible pupils gain an equal amount.
I place on record the committee's thanks to Kate for her work on the Finance Committee, if that is agreeable.Members indicated agreement. Under agenda item 1, I ask our new member, Frank McAveety, to declare any relevant interests.