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To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-7855 by Henry McLeish on 26 June 2000, when the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council is expected to set up an office in Scotland.
The Social Inclusion Partnership Programme was established in April 1999. The 26 new Partnerships were selected on the recommendation of an Advisory Group, drawn from membership of the Scottish Social Inclusion Network.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
25 April 2000
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-908 by Angus Mackay on 26 August 1999, whether it will give an update of the review of the structure of the Scottish Fire Service.
The Committee notes that the Scottish Parliament has previously expressed its support for the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scots law but that this is currently subject to legal challenge by the UK Government.
For example, Age Scotland and About Dementia said the pause on self-referral breast screening for women over 70, and the resultant impact on waiting times for treatment courses to start, may have contributed to excess deaths. Macmillan Cancer Support expressed concern that there is still a six-month delay to the bowel-screening programme and the impact that...
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2021
Restricting access to campaigning has the potential to impinge on freedom of expression (Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights) and the right to enjoy a free election (Article 3 of the First Protocol of that Convention).
But concern over the tight timescales were also expressed by the EU, which stated it:
remains concerned as to the progress of practical and time-consuming preparations needed for the full application of the Protocol.
The Committee is of the view, as previously expressed in relation to other legislation arising from EU Withdrawal, that the Scottish Parliament should have the opportunity to effectively scrutinise the exercise of all legislative powers within devolved competence.
Section 3(1) – Power to provide for the operation of CAP legislation beyond 2020
Power conferred on: Scottish Ministers
Power exercisable by: Regulations made by Scottish Statutory Instrument
Parliamentary procedure: Affirmative
Provision
Section 3(1) provides that the Scottish Ministers may make regulations to modify the main CAP legislation for the purpose of securing that its provisions continue to operate in Scotland for one or more years after 2020.
This includes the express...
If we can proceed with that, will the minister be willing to visit the site and to open the visitor centre? I am fairly familiar with the area, as I am located not a million miles from it.