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It was made at 11.48 am on 23 December 2021, laid before the Parliament at 2.30 pm on 23 December 2021 and came into force at 5 am on 26 December 2021 except regulation 4 of the instrument which came into force at 5 am on 27 December 2021.
The Committee welcomes the Scottish Government's commitment to lay an amending instrument to rectify the errors identified by the Committee at paragraphs 25b and 26 above.
However, the Committee also calls on the Scottish Government to include in the amending instrument provision to address the errors identified in relation to paragraph 1(e) of schedule 1 i...
After EU exit, the UK could be under pressure to accept to lower environmental standards than those of the EU, in order to agree new free trade agreements. So, while trade agreements may not prevent Scotland from adopting legislation keeping pace with EU environmental standards, they may engender a situation whereby Scottish business would be placed at a competitive disadvantage if required to comply with more ambitious standards –for example on agriculture products– vis-à-vis the rest of the UK and the UK’s new trade partners.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
29 October 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates that it will publish its health andsocial care winter preparedness plan for 2025-26. The Scottish Government will set out its approach to winter preparedness for 2025/26 in due course.
I stress that the first time that we were made aware of the UK Government’s decision to bring in the new controls on XL bully dogs was when we saw it on the BBC news website.
To ask the Scottish Government how many children were waiting for adoption placements as of the latest date for which data is available, and what the longest waiting time currently is.