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The Scottish Government's memorandum on the Bill stated1Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Convener, 26 June 2025. (n.d.) Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/education-children-and-young-people-committee/correspondence/2025/restraint-and-seclusion-bill-cab-sec-es-to-convener-26-june-2025.pdf [accessed 2 December 2025]—
The Scottish Government is not clear from the policy memorandum why the Bill requires independent and grant-aided schools to report restraint to the education authority in which they are situated.
There is a way in which the integrity and the security and, in that sense, the immutability of the way in which the asset appears on the record are essential to its workability as property.1The Scottish Parliament. (2025, November 26). Official Report of the Economy and Fair Work Committee.
Thus, the provisions would allow the UK government to legislate without the consent of the Scottish Government in devolved areas.
According to the LCM (paragraph 26), the UK government has stated that it does not intend to legislate in devolved areas without the consent of the relevant devolved administrations.
Committee reports
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30 September 2021
The Electoral Reform SocietyvLocal Government and Communities Committee, Official Report, 26 October 2016, Col 2 has previously suggested that parity is an outdated criteria.
Changes in the global value of ecosystem services. Global Environmental Change, 26, 152-158., and some benefits of biodiversity - such as spiritual and aesthetic values - are less tangible and difficult to measure.
Total recurring costs of the delivery scheme range from £21.5m to £30.7m over the lifetime of the scheme, with the highest costs expected in 2025/26 due to an increase in staff and estate costs.
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the Regulations at its meeting on 26 February 2019 and recommended the instrument should have been categorised as medium.
1 November 2018 - Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: Commercial fishing
8 November 2018 - Preparing for a no-deal Brexit: Chemicals and REACH regulations
16 November 2018 - Preparing for a No-deal Brexit
26 November 2018 - The Brexit process – the beginning of the end?