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The Committee took oral evidence from various witnesses, and from the then Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Veterans, between 26 October and 23 November.
The Committee published its pre-budget scrutiny report on 9 December, and the Scottish Government provided its written response to the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations of the draft budget on 22...
In addition to formal evidence sessions on 22 and 29 September 2022 and 6 October 2022, the Committee held an informal online focus group on 26 September 2022.
The Committee reported its findings on 31 October 2022 and also wrote to the Scottish Government on 7 February 2023 to draw attention to a number of issues of immediate concern, including what was de...
The most recent (May 2022) Medium Term Financial Strategy noted that relevant costs would peak in 2025-26 with planned and committed projects and borrowing costs estimated to be 2.61% of the resource budget excluding social security.
Sensitive lets should be closely monitored by landlords, and decisions need to be transparent and accountable.1Scottish Government. (2019, February 26). Social housing allocations in Scotland: practice guide.
Consumer Scotland Bill
Consumer Scotland BillSP Bill number49Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)17Date introduced5 Jun 19Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedEEFWStage 1 discussions in lead committeeEEFW 1 Oct 19EEFW 29 Oct 19EEFW 5 Nov 19EEFW 12 Nov 19EEFW 26 Nov 19EEFW 3 D...
Children (Scotland) Bill
Children (Scotland) BillSP Bill number52Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)25Date introduced2 Sep 19Preliminary discussions in committeeJ 17 Sep 19J 12 Nov 19Lead committee appointedJStage 1 discussions in lead committeeJ 26 Nov 19J 17 Dec 19J 7 Jan 20J 14 Jan 20J 21 Jan 2...
Transport (Scotland) Bill
Transport (Scotland) BillSP Bill number33Type of BillGLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)88Date introduced8 Jun 18Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedStage 1 discussions in lead committeeStage 1 discussions in other committeesStage 1 report ref.Stage 1 plenary debatePreliminary discussions in committee prior to Stage 2Stage 2 committee discussionsRECC 22 May 19RECC 29 May 19RECC 5 Jun 19RECC 12 Jun 19RECC 19 Jun 19RECC 26...
However, he indicated that “Budget- wise, creating an app is not something that we could do right now”.2Public Audit and Post-legislative Scrutiny Committee, Oral evidence. (2020, November 26). Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?
The overall number drawn to the attention of Parliament when ground (j) is included is shown in brackets.26 (34)20 (34)% Reported11.5%8%Figure 2: Scottish Government instruments laid and drawn to the Parliament's attention over the last two reporting yearsThe Committee welcomes this reduction in the proportion of instruments laid by the Scottish Government ...
As part of that inquiry, the ECCLR Committee acknowledged their role in ensuring that the Scottish Parliament was an effective human rights guarantor (essentially that Members could help promote and safeguard environmental rights).
On 26 March 2019, the Committee considered its approach towards embedding human rights into its work, appointing Angus MacDona...