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However, given (i) the potential impact on the rights of creditors, (ii) the potential for this policy to make it harder for people with a history of mental health issues to access credit, (iii) the need to strike a fair balance between the rights of creditors and those of debtors, and further given that (iv) moratoria are meant to be temporary and that fai...
The poverty resulting from benefit caps and freezes, the impact of sanctions on people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, the limits on the housing element of benefits, and waiting times for Universal Credit, and other aspects of welfare reform all act to increase the pressure on people living on the edge of homelessness
Source:Homelessness and Ro...
Another point that respondents raised was that contactless credit or debit card payments should either be added to or replace the e-purse in order to future proof it.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2018
Points raised: instruments subject to negative procedure
Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/69) (Social Security)
Purpose
These Regulations make further amendments to the Council Tax Reduction (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/303) and the Council Tax Reduction (State Pension Credit) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2...
We have sought to publish everything that we can, except where that has been precluded either by medical confidentiality or by the clearly expressed wishes of other Governments.Mr Pearson asks why I went to see Mr al-Megrahi in Greenock prison.
SEPA has therefore developed a sophisticated licensing system based on a predictive computer model to set site specific limiting conditions in marine cage fish farm authorisations.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 November 2013
This includes collection and publication of annual catch statistics and operation of three detailed salmon monitoring sites (index sites) in Scotland, two of which are located on the upper River Dee (the Girnock and Baddoch traps).