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While the Strategy was considered to have been acknowledged by the Scottish Government in the planning process and throughout the evolution of the scheme’s implementation, Local Authority and CoSLA interviewees expressed concern that the Strategy’s principles were not being adhered to in the implementation of the Super Sponsor Scheme.
It provides that the operator must:
tell the pupil about any parental request,
tell the pupil about their right to object to withdrawal,
give the pupil an opportunity to express their view in the manner that they prefer, or a manner that is suitable to the pupil if they have not indicated a preference or it is not reasonable to accommodate their preference,...
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-criminal-justice-committee/correspondence/2025/victims-witnesses-and-justice-reform-bill-stage-2-amendments expressed the view that the amendments did not go far enough in streamlining the proposed process, and that concerns about it causin...
A recall petition process is initiated where:
an MSP receives a relevant parliamentary sanction of exclusion for 10 sitting days or more (or 14 days or more if not expressed in sitting days)
where an MSP receives a custodial sentence of six months or less.
The Cabinet Secretary was also unable to commit to the Scottish Government laying a further instrument at a later date to amend this instrument regarding the River Endrick in the event of further engagement with the Association.
Members expressed concern about the lack of clarity from the Scottish Government on its timescale for introducing the new data col...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2024
meeting=15944 June 2024, representatives of several disability organisations and disabled people's organisations indicated their broad support for the proposal to establish a commissioner. The common themes they expressed were:
Broad support for a disability commissioner who can be a champion for all disabled people
That the disability commissioner must hav...
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2024
The SAWC felt that such greyhounds that are kept in a domestic environment “probably have a reasonable quality of life”.
However, the SAWC expressed a concern about how the keeping of greyhounds in kennels during their racing years could impact on the dogs’ welfare.
The Cabinet Secretary agreed to write to the Committee on this matter.
Members expressed concern about how quickly Social Security Scotland can redesign and amend the system so it has the built-in flexibility to make sure another agreement with DWP is not needed next year and asked the Cabinet Secretary to write about the required timescales for Social Secu...
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee's Consultation
The Scottish Parliament's Health, Social Care and Sport Committee issued two calls for views which were open between Friday 7 June and Friday 16 August 2024:
A short survey for people who wished to express general views about the Bill as a whole.