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Among other important reforms, the bill will include new measures to regulate the market in large-scale landholdings through the introduction of a public interest test and requirements for community bodies to receive prior notification of sales or the transfer of such holdings.
We heard from the previous panel that there is quite a lot of refreshing of plans and newplans, so I am interested in whether you have ideas about doing things differently.
If the member can confirm on the record that the Labour Party—the new UK Government—has active plans to roll back the 2020 act, I will be delighted to accept his intervention.
While there has been much rhetoric around changes in market dynamics and new buyers entering the market, it seems clear that while some new buyers have entered the market this is not on a wholesale level and does not appear to be a long-term trend.
Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Bill
Bill Number: SP Bill 37
Introduced on: 26 June 2018
Introduced by: Angela Constance MSP (Government Bill)
Passed: 11 June 2019
Royal Assent: 18 July 2019
Passage of the Bill
The Local Government and Communities Committee scrutinised the Bill at Stage 1.
Our second Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan, ‘Best Start, Bright Futures’ (2022-26), sets out our priority actions, including our focus on long-term parental employment support, increased social security, and measures to reduce household costs.
The UK Government has announced a ban on the sale of new ICE cars from 2030, although permitting continued sales of plug in hybrid vehicles, in support of this aim.
Section 9(6) of the Bill inserted a new section 7A into the 2005 Act, conferring powers on the Scottish Ministers to give guidance to public authorities relating to Gaelic language plans, and to give directions to public authorities relating to the application of standards and requirements specified under new section 2C(1) to the preparation of the plan.
Section 14(2): Directions to education authorities relating to Gaelic education Power conferred on: Scottish Ministers Power exercisable by: Direction Parliamentary procedure: None Revised or new power: Revised (Removed) Provision 26.
National Planning Framework 4 : The Committee will take evidence from— Andy Kinnaird, Head of Transforming Planning, and Fiona Simpson, Chief Planner, Scottish Government. 2.