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The Committee believes that, in allowing for remote participation in hybrid meetings, the Parliament is committing to embracing technology to deliver a more inclusive, accessible and equal Parliament in the future.Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, Official Report, 26 May 2022.
The Regulations were withdrawn and re-laid on 26 February.
The regulations are subject to the affirmative procedure (Rule 10.6) and it is for the Social Security Committee to recommend to Parliament whether they should be approved.
The previous iteration of this briefing (SB 16/26) explored this, and found that taken on the basis that the freeze was intended to compensate for a foregone per annum increase in Council Tax it could be said that the freeze, over the period 2008-09 to 2014-15, was "over-funded".
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
10 January 2012
This is based on achievement of FCS’s 2,000 megawatts installed capacity target, and takes into account all actual and potential developments (including those resulting from the 2010-11 competitive negotiation process).
Audit Scotland, October 2025 SFC’s Financial Sustainability of Colleges in Scotland 2022-23 to 2027-28, published in September 2025, found 22 colleges (92%) are forecasting adjusted operating deficits in 2025-26, concluding: “These forecasts show that most colleges are not sustainable.
Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill Marshalled List of Amendments selected for Stage 3 The Bill will be considered in the following order— Sections 1 to 32 Schedule Long Title Amendments marked * are new (including manuscript amendments) or have been altered.
The SFC states that its non-domestic rates forecast is based on the new valuation roll which comes into effect on 1 April 2026, leading to an increase in forecast revenue from £3,097 million in 2025-26 to £3,387 million in 2026-27.
The Committee determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the delegated powers in the following provisions:
Section 4 – inserting new section 76A into the Animal Health Act 1981 (fixed penalty notices for certain offences relating to animal health)
Section 10A – Fixed penalty notices for certain wildlife offences
Section 11 – inserting new subsections 32K(4) and (5) into the 2006 Act (forfeiture of compensation)
Section 11 – inserting new section 32L into the 2006 Act (modification of powers over animals)
The Committee therefore reports that it is content with the delegated powers provisions contained in the Bill.
Supreme Court rules on named person. News release 28 July 2016. Retrieved from <a href="https://news.gov.scot/news/supreme-court-rules-on-named-person" target="_blank">https://news.gov.scot/news/supreme-court-rules-on-named-person</a> [accessed 1 August 2017] Although the judgement only related to the "information sharing" provisions within part 4 of the 2014 Act (sections 23, 26 and 27), the Scottish Government decided not to bring into force any of parts 4 and 5, pending reconsideration of the information sharing provisions.