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If you are asking what the Scottish Government’s position is in relation to changing the 1980 act rather than introducing a new act of the Scottish Parliament so that we can get a new UNCRC duty biting, there are two answers.
I hope that the way that we are presenting the strategic plan shows the connection between all of them. On timescales, the new powers will commence this summer.
The other key point is that it is assumed that £8.9 billion of identified costs in social care will just carry over to the new regime and there will be no savings.
Policy objectives of the Bill Consumer Scotland 26. The Bill enables a key part of the Scottish Government’s ambition for a distinctive Scottish consumer policy.
I must say, in fact, that with regard to employment growth, it has also underperformed Wales and Northern Ireland. The latest GDP figures that came out about two weeks ago show that that underperformance continues relative to the rest of the UK.
Amendment 19 is consequential on the introduction of new wording to replace the concept of enforcing a games offence.Amendment 26 clarifies that penalties for ticket touting and for obstruction offences are imposed on summary conviction and not on indictment.I move amendment 13.
Age UK has highlighted that the issue prevents many old people from going out and about on a daily basis, with the result that they lose confidence and are reluctant to visitnew places, which of course increases isolation.
There is a lag in the reporting of emissions data, with the Scottish greenhouse gas (GHG) data arriving in June each year and reporting the data from 18 months previously; the latest data published in June 2025 is for 2023.
EH6 6QQ You have asked us to estimate the economic contribution of ExxonMobil’s Fife Ethylene Plant to the Scottish economy, both from a Gross Value Added and employment perspective using the latest possible data. In conjunction to this, you have asked us to analyse the plant’s supply chain, helping you determine the types of businesses that are involved wi...