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Policy objectives of the bill The framework 26. The policy objective is to put in place a generic framework for referendums that provides technical arrangements which can be applied for specific referendums.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 March 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of statements in its Social security case transfer: policy position paper, how many working-age people in receipt of Disability Living Allowance will transfer to Disability Assistance for Working Age People.
With the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s draft strategy 2025 proposing a transfer of defence nuclear liabilities, including the Vulcan naval reactor test establishment, into the civil sector, will the Scottish Government step up to ensure that Scotland does not inherit Westminster’s nuclear legacy in secret?
When I consulted on my proposed land ownership and public interest bill, I found widespread support for a public interest test on transfers of large landholdings. Will the cabinet secretary support the inclusion of a public interest test in the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill ahead of stage 3?
Fundamentally, we want a tax system that supports rather than hinders planning, orderly succession and the transfer of land to the next generation of custodians.
We considered a petition on that subject at our previous meeting, and I wrote to the minister—or, at least, I wrote to somebody—with Mr Ewing’s suggestion about how funds could usefully be transferred from elsewhere. Does Mr Torrance’s proposal meet the acceptance of the committee?
Average turnaround times regularly exceed 45 minutes, and we have reports from A and E staff, consultants and general practitioners that sick patients who need a hospital transfer are waiting hours and hours for an ambulance.
In 2020, after the Heart of Newhaven primary school was closed, a community asset transfer brought the building into public ownership, allowing it to serve its area as a community hub.
That is the key reason why Scotland needs full powers to drive economic growth—powers that independence would transfer to the Parliament so that we would no longer be held back by the UK Government’s anti-growth policies.