This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
Those three local authorities (City of Edinburgh Council, Glasgow City Council and Stirling Council) have to address the aspects of poor performance identified following Building Standards Division visits.
The Minister for Local Government and Housing explained that—
If I were not to reappoint a local authority in an area, that would not mean that I would n...
Accordingly, the Committee invites the Scottish Government to re-visit its approach and to give consideration to setting out the Code of Practice in subordinate legislation.
Given that it is a key issue for the netsmen, which has been raised with the committee both during your visits and in evidence, I expect that ministers will want to look at it.
We have undertaken the best part of 50 or 60 individual subject visits in the course of May and June to corroborate the findings of the audit, which touched on individual departments and subject areas.
The periodic review is used to discuss whether the framework is working effectively. An exceptional review takes place when significant issue arises, which must be "time sensitive and fundamentally impact the operation and/or scope of the Framework".
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2025
Following advice from the SI Registrar, we propose to amend these issues via an amending instrument, with the exception of point 10, which is merely a reflection of the policy position.
The period of three years starts from the conclusion of a periodic review and any amendment stages that follow.
Exceptional review: an exceptional review of the framework is triggered by a ‘significant issue’.