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The Committee hearing from members of the public about their experience of the High Hedges (Scotland) Act.Scottish ParliamentScottish Parliament
Subordinate Legislation
During this parliamentary year the Committee considered 31 statutory instruments of which 26 were negative and 5 were affirmative.
It is clear that the resources in question are being transferred from 2010-11 to 2011-12 to make up for the capital reductions that we face in 2011-12.
The First Minister argues that if Parliament votes this afternoon for the section 30 powers to be transferred from Westminster and that is refused by the UK Government, it will be a democratic outrage.
The bill also reflects UK divorce law by allowing an ex-spouse, who is entitled to what is called a pension credit, to either join the scheme in their own right or transfer their calculated benefits from the scheme—to some other scheme, I presume.
The Big Lottery Fund in Scotland is discussing with different communities the transfer of community assets that are currently under local authority control to create an equity base for community halls.