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Practical and operational details on how the issuing of a DAPN will be assessed when a police officer attends a complaint
A number of witnesses expressed concerns about the practical and operational challenges of issuing DAPNs and called for further consultation and clarity.
According to the policy memorandum which accompanies the Bill, the overarching policy objective of the Bill is “to modernise and simplify the law of defamation (and the related action of malicious publication) in Scotland in order to-
strike a more appropriate balance between freedom of expression and the protection of individual reputation; and
clarify the...
But concern over the tight timescales were also expressed by the EU, which stated it:
remains concerned as to the progress of practical and time-consuming preparations needed for the full application of the Protocol.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC)iLocal Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC), written submission. responded and alongside others, including CIWM ScotlandiiCIWM Scotland, written submission., expressed concerns that kerbside collections will be compromised via removing higher value items.
What the Children (Scotland) Bill would do
The Children (Scotland) Bill would make changes including:
removing a presumption (i.e. a starting point for the decision-maker) that a child 12 years and over is of sufficient age and maturity to express a view on a decision affecting them.
In its Legislative Consent Memorandum, the Scottish Government expressed concern that these powers could be used to amend the Scotland Act 1998:
...when broad or purposive powers allowing the amendment of primary legislation are included in UK Bills, significant constitutional legislation such as the Scotland Act 1998 should be protected from being amended...
From consultation as well as informal conversations, people had expressed their views and raised issues—
There were questions about whether the bank will be big enough, and how we will operate pay policy…whether there would be an ethical code and what the approach to missions would be…all legitimate questions that were asked within almost universally strong...
School nurses integrated into community services
Keeping people at home – using voluntary support for home care – or collective care in homely settings (so that staff can care for more people)
Survey responses while not looking at the above areas exactly expressed a desire for services in primary care to be expanded, especially testing and diagnostics as we...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2019
A person's driving licence would also be endorsed for 11 years with details of any conviction.
Some members expressed concern regarding the Scottish Government's policy of a presumption against short custodial sentences (that is sentences of under 12 months in duration), and how this presumption would impact on the use by Scottish courts of the maximum six-...
However, they suggested there were gaps in some parts of the Bill where children’s voices were not sought, and some processes that did not require police constables to explain what was happening and to check a child’s understanding of this.iTogether (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights), written submission
Police Scotland expressed concern that the powe...