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Forecasted income tax revenues for 2026-27 are £21,508 million, which is £1,228 million (6.1%) higher than in 2025-26, but £274 million (1.3%) lower than the SFC’s December 2024 forecast.
The Committee took evidence from both the FBU and the SFRS, which then fed into the Committee's budget scrutiny for 2025/26, see above.
The issues raised included:
Planned reform of the service
Pay and conditions
Job roles: current and future
Provision of dignified changing facilities and decontamination rooms
Provision of equipment and appliances
The Scottish Government has prepared a Delegated Powers Memorandum (“DPM”) which sets out the reasons for taking the delegated powers in the Bill and the procedure chosen.
At its meeting on Tuesday, 26 November, the Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to query the choice of procedure applicable to two of the powers in the Bill.
Subordinate legislation
During the reporting year, the Committee considered 26 pieces of subordinate legislation, 1 document subject to parliamentary control, and 1 proposal for a UK Statutory Instrument under the Statutory Instrument Protocol:
19 negative Scottish Statutory Instruments
1 negative UK Statutory Instrument
5 affirmative Scottish Statutory In...
Committee reports
Date published:
29 February 2024
Delegated Powers Provisions
The Bill contains delegated powers in respect of (a) creating a responsible developers scheme (sections 20-24) (b) changing the types of building in relation to which a single-building assessment may be carried out (section 26) (c) making ancillary provision (section 29) and (d) commencement (section 31).
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...