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Proposed future business At its next meeting, on 26 March 2020, the Committee expects to consider the a draft report on Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill.
The Official Controls (Transitional Staging Period) (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Scotland) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/493) My officials are considering a number of points on this SSI and I will write separately on this in due course to address the comments raised.
The Scottish Government will look to make the £10 million fund available across the financial years 2024-25 and 2025-26. We will undertake the necessary development work, alongside key stakeholders, to open the fund by the beginning of 2025.
That will ensure that considered and informed decisions can be made in the context of the Scottish budget for 2025-26. The United Kingdom Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced a hike in employers’ national insurance contributions to 15 per cent, which will hammer businesses across Scotland.
The Scottish Government consultation on the regulations ran from 26 June 2019 to 19 September 2019. It was a largely technical consultation and focused on bringing into force and implementing part 5.
We are already increasing funding to the sector by £15.8 million this financial year, bringing it to £196.6 million. In 2025-26, we aim to provide additional funding to the sector and, in line with normal budgetary procedure, the Scottish Government will publish a draft budget for 2025-26 on 4 December.
Kim Atkinson, Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Sports Association highlighted the public's ease with medical prescriptionsiiHealth and Sport Committee, Official Report, 29 October 2019, Col 8.