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Some of the participants at the Committee’s stakeholder meeting noted that the funicular currently carries 500 people an hour, compared to estimates that a chairlift could take 3500 people an hour, and expressed concern that decisions sometimes appeared to be taken to justify the funicular.
The Minister said he “had reservations” about the proposal, and he contended that the current process by which designation proposals are considered under the affirmative procedure “strikes the right balance” between the roles of the Parliament and the Scottish Government.iiStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. (2025, 20 November). Official Report. He expressed concerns about how the proposal would work in practice and whether it would “deliver the robustness that is needed.”
Scottish Government's decision to continue the FVAS
Some members expressed disappointment about the Scottish Government's decision to continue with the FVAS and asked why a new approach to supporting fruit and vegetable producers has not been considered.
Committee reports
Date published:
18 December 2025
My sole intention was to address widely expressed concerns about the conduct of a committee officeholder, including concerns raised by the Law Society of Scotland and the Faculty of Advocates, as is my duty under section 1 of the Judiciary and Courts (Scotland) Act 2008.
Parliamentary-sanction ground
Section 2 provides that the parliamentary-sanction ground for recall would apply to an MSP if the Parliament, on a motion by the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments (SPPA) Committee, resolved to exclude the MSP for a period of at least 10 sitting days or, if the period is not expressed in sitting days, a period of at...
The SLC Report notes that:
5.47 The comparator instruments all have rules requiring acceptances to reach the offeror within any time limit stated in the offer or, if there is no express time limit, within a reasonable time.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2025
She explained that Deaf people experiencing mental health issues need to be able to communicate directly with an expert who can read their body language and understands exactly what they are saying and how that is being expressed.
BDA Scotland noted that “there is not much in the second plan about older people in Scotland” and highlighted the situation arou...
Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/gdp-deflators-at-market-prices-and-money-gdp-december-2024-quarterly-national-accounts The Committee heard of the particular pressures through construction price inflation, which has run even higher over this period than the general measure of inflation expressed by the GDP deflator. According to the O...