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In its Stage 1 Report, the Committee supported the general principles of the Bill.
The Stage 1 debate was held on 26 March 2024.
No amendments were made to the Bill at Stage 2 or Stage 3.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 November 2024
Commitments from 2024
Firefighters’ Pension Schemes (Scotland) Amendment Order 2024 (SSI 2024/26) [12th report 2024, Published on 20 February 2024] commitment to amend the instrument to correct the error at the next opportunity.
Consideration by the Economy and Fair Work Committee
At its meeting on 26 June 2024, the Economy and Fair Work Committee took evidence on the instrument from the Minister for Employment and Investment and officials.
There is a taper in the funding to 2025-26 which is intended to support the transition for the nine Challenge Authorities and to allow the other 23 local authorities to develop and scale up their approaches.
The document talks about protecting local government budgets in “cash terms” by guaranteeing resource budgets at existing levels to 2025-26 (with a £100 million increase in 2026-27).
Committee reports
Date published:
21 February 2022
The review was due to complete and make recommendations by September 2021.2Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee. (2021, February 26). Letter from Paul Johnston, Director-General Education, Communities and Justice.
An independent analysis of responses to the consultation2Scottish Government. (2022, January 26). Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: Consultation Analysis.
The research report and summary were published on 15 November 2019. On 26 November 2019, the Committee received an informal briefing in private from Dr Barnes Macfarlane on her report.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www2.gov.scot/resource/doc/334161/0109246.pdf" target="_blank">https://www2.gov.scot/resource/doc/334161/0109246.pdf</a> [accessed 26 October 2019] Thirty nine per cent of cases it examined were still active after 18 months.