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The Scottish Government has prepared a Delegated Powers Memorandum which sets out the reasons for taking the delegated powers in the Bill and the parliamentary scrutiny procedure that has been chosen.iThe Delegated Powers Memorandum is available here
The Committee determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the delegated powers in either of the following provisions:
Section 21 – Ancillary provision; and
Section 26...
Sections 24 to 26: General provisions and Section 27: Abolition of common law verbal injuries
These sections of the Bill make a number of general provisions relating to verbal injury, namely-
that a pursuer does not need to show actual financial loss if the statement complained of is more likely than not to cause financial loss;
to clarify the law in relat...
Meetings
The Committee met 26 times during the parliamentary year. 5 meetings were held entirely in private, 1 meeting was held entirely in public and 20 meetings included items in private.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 November 2019
Introduction
At its meetings on 5 November 2019 and 26 November 2019, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the delegated powers provisions in the Scottish Elections (Reform) Bill ("the Bill") at Stage 1.iThe Bill is available here.
Portfolio Questions and General Questions on 25 and 26 October 2023 Members are advised that the deadline for submitting names for Portfolio and General Questions on 25 and 26 October is 12 noon on Monday 16 October.
They reflected on a recent school visit in their constituency, explaining that they regularly visited both primary and secondary schools, although visits had reduced slightly as Parliament was preparing to dissolve.
Meeting of the Parliament 26 October 2022 Meeting of the Parliament 26 October 2022Portfolio Question Time Portfolio Question TimeConstitution, External Affairs and Culture Constitution, External Affairs and Culture Good afternoon.
We have also introduced regulations to ensure that all replacement cladding should meet the new standards. Those changes are the latest in a series of changes that have been introduced since the tragedy at Grenfell tower, including the introduction last year of sprinklers in all new flats, social housing and certain shared multi-occupancy residential buildings.