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That evolution is how the BBC has survived many decades of increased commercial competition, and we are now in the latest chapter of its evolution, which means a brand-new, multi-platform, peak-time, dedicated Scottish TV channel.
Obviously, it is open to anyone to raise a fresh petition in relation to arrangements in a separate academic year, but we look to the statement that was expected from the Scottish Government in relation to arrangements for 2024.New Petitions New PetitionsHire of Public Land (Ministerial Intervention) (PE2056) Hire of Public Land (Ministerial Intervention) (PE2056) Item 3 is the consideration of new petitions.
For the purposes of this financial memorandum, the Scottish Government has assumed that implementation costs associated with this provision will fall across 2024- 25 and 2025-26, and recurring costs from 2025-26 onwards.
It stated20Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Convener, 26 June 2025. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/education-children-and-young-people-committee/correspondence/2025/restraint-and-seclusion-bill-cab-sec-es-to-convener-26-june-2025.pdf [accessed 2 December 2025]—
Scottish Government considers that, were a new national reporting approach to be agreed through the Bill, clarity would be required in the supporting statutory guidance to ensure residential schools and secure care establishments understood any dual reporting requirements whilst avoiding double reporting wherever possible.
If he has not already done so, I encourage him to visit Social Security Scotland to find out for himself the complexity that is involved in setting up some of the benefits, particularly the new ones.
—Official Report, Justice Committee, 23 October 2018; c 26. The idea that you will go forward with capacity creation hardly fills the SPF with confidence.