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Alongside formal evidence-gathering, Committee Members have made three visits in connection with the Bill:
On 12 June Members visited George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
City Region Deals
During the inquiry into City Region Deals members undertook a visit to Glasgow Airport to learn more about the projects within the Glasgow City Region Deal that affect the airport and surrounding areas.
It involves neither a slur on the judges nor the setting of a precedent which undermines the rule of law to say that the exceptional facts of this case cry out for legislation and not appeals.
Given the broad and inclusive terms in which the eligibility requirements for the scheme are framed, this power is intended to allow for further refinement, where creating such exceptions would be in-keeping with the overall purpose of the scheme.
Section 35 disapplies any rule of law (apart from data protection legislation) that would stop a public authority sharing information with ESS, when that public authority is acting under the general duty to co-operate with ESS (section 19) or because that public authority has been issued an information notice. There are two exceptions to this rule. These exceptions preserve the rules surrounding civil proceedings which entitle a public authority to refuse to provide information on grounds of "confidentiality of communications" or "public interest immunity".