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In his remarks, the minister said that he wanted to make things as straightforward as possible for people. Abolishing section 26 of the 1987 act makes that straightforward.
Section 26, as amended, agreed to. Section 27—Power of returning officer to postpone or cancel by-election Amendments 32 to 34 moved—Jamie Hepburn—and agreed to.
Applications to the Home Energy Scotland Grant and Loan Scheme can be unsuccessful due to the failure of a credit check. Credit checks are only carried out when an applicant is requesting loan funding.
The instrument makes minor corrections to the Environment (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/26) that the Government undertook to make before the start of the summer recess.
For example, the work allowances within universal credit come into effect only when someone is transferred on to universal credit for the first time or their circumstances change and they have to make a new claim for universal credit.