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The Committee asked the Scottish Government why it considers it appropriate to recommend consent to such a such a wide power, particularly in light of the views expressed in the House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee’s 32nd Report of Session 2024-26 on the Bill, drawing the attention of the House to aspects of the clause, and recomm...
Consultation
The Scottish Government ran a consultation between 14 November 2024 and 26 January 2025 on Religious Observance and Religious and Moral Education.1Scottish Government. (2024, November 14).
The Committee undertook a short inquiry into progress on widening access to higher education, taking evidence at meetings on 26 February 2025 and 5 March 2025. The Committee published its report on 15 May 2025.
Some landlords will refuse to allow benefit claimants to view an affordable property or to consider them as a potential tenant, or they will advertise properties with restrictions like ‘No DSS’, ‘No Benefits’, or ‘Working Professionals Only.’ A quarter (26%) of PRS households and families receive some form of Housing Benefit and are at risk from these kinds...
Contributing to the Committee's 2025-26 pre-budget scrutiny on 3 September, Michael Kellet from Public Health Scotland argued that the planned refresh of the NPF offered opportunities to further prioritise preventative spending within health and social care budgets:
[...] we believe that the refreshed NPF and emerging legislation such as the proposed wellbe...
The CCC and others called for stronger metrics to indicate whether a target was on track in real time to allow for correction.iiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 10 September 2024, Col 9 , 25-26 and 28, Official Report, 24 September 2024 cols It may be that annual reports based on emissions data alone are inadequate tools for measur...
Committee reports
Date published:
14 December 2023
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Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (DPLRC) considered the LCM at its meetings on 26 September and 3 October.
In its report, the DPLRC reiterated its long-standing position that the Scottish Parliament should have the opportunity to effectively scrutinise the exe...