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The meeting confirmed that 19 of the 26 recommendations and advisory points have now been implemented – a table is provided in the annex to this letter that provides an update on each point.
New delegated powers Section 3A(1) – changing marriages to civil partnerships Power conferred on: the Scottish Ministers Power exercisable by: regulations made by Scottish statutory instrument SP Bill 57A-DPM 1 Session 5 (2020) This document relates to the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 57A) as amended at Stage 2 Parliamentary procedure: affirmative procedure if modifying primary legislation, otherwise negative procedure Amended or new power: new Provision 4.
Legislative consent is required for clauses 26, 27, 28 and 29 insofar as they relate to the exercise of powers in clause 2(1)(a) to (c) by the Scottish Ministers or the Secretary of State in Scotland.
If so, they must publish information about the arrangements, but this need not include information about how much the third party is paid. 26. Section 8 sets out how an entry is created in the register.
The Scottish Retail Consortium has said that the Scottish budget will cause “self-inflicted economic harm” and that its plan for a new levy “smacks of incoherent policy-making within Government”.
I am not sure whether the minister or the cabinet secretary are aware of the emergency situation that we are seeing in Edinburgh. The latest figures show that 2,265 children are living in temporary accommodation in Edinburgh, which is up 20 per cent on last year and is an increase of 930 per cent since 2002.