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Last updated: 30 March 2022

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Scottish Sentencing Council submission of 17 March 2022 PE1887/H - Create an Unborn Victims of Violence Act Thank you for your letter dated 17 February 2022 drawing the Scottish Sentencing Council’s attention both to the petitioner’s correspondence in respect of the above petition and other written submissions received by the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee to date.

Official Report Meeting date: 5 September 2023

Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 05 September 2023

I welcome everyone back after the summer recess. I remind everyone present to switch mobile phones to silent.

Last updated: 14 May 2025

Register of Interests for the Parliamentary Year 12 May 2024 to 13 May 2025

I work one day per week and occasional additional days during parliamentary related undertaking recesses and earn between £30,001-£35,000 gross per annum before deductions for tax and national insurance.

Last updated: 20 December 2023

Letter from Presiding Officer to Convener dated 19 December 2023 on Proxy Voting

Letter from Presiding Officer to Convener dated 19 December 2023 on Proxy Voting.

Last updated: 2 April 2024

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To amend the Deposit and Return Scheme for Scotland Regulations 2020 to move back the full implementation date for the DRS. The amending Regulations provide for a revised full implementation date of 16 August 2023.

Last updated: 10 June 2024

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Transitional, schedule and definition 33 Transitional provision (1) Any amendment of the 1974 Act by a provision of this Part referring in any way to a 30 sentence applies in relation to a sentence imposed in respect of a conviction before the date on which the provision comes into force (as well as in respect of a conviction on or after that date). (2) Any amendment of the 1974 Act by a provision of this Part referring to a conviction applies in relation to a conviction before the date on which the provision comes into 35 force (as well as in relation to a conviction on or after that date). (3) Subsection (2) applies to the court’s convicting of a person as it applies to a conviction. (4) The 1974 Act applies as if the amendments mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) had always had effect (but see the remaining provisions of this section). 28 Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill Part 3—The Parole Board (5) Subsection (6) applies where, by virtue of subsection (4), a person— (a) would have been treated as a rehabilitated person for the purposes of the 1974 Act, and (b) would have been so treated by virtue of an amendment of that Act made by a 5 provision mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) before the date on which the provision comes into force. (6) The person is, subject to any order made under section 4(4) or 7(4) of the 1974 Act, to be treated on and after that date as a protected person (within the meaning of that Act as amended by this Act). 10 (7) Subsection (8) applies where, by virtue of subsection (4), a conviction— (a) would have been treated as spent for the purposes of the 1974 Act, and (b) would have been so treated by virtue of an amendment of that Act made by a provision mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) before the date on which the provision comes into force. 15 (8) The conviction is, subject to any order made under section 4(4) or 7(4), to be treated on and after that date as a spent conviction. (9) In subsections (5)(b) and (7)(b), the references to subsection (2) include references to that subsection as applied in subsection (3). 34 Remainder of amendments 20 Schedule 2 makes minor and consequential amendments to the 1974 Act (including changes to certain terminology). 35 Meaning of the 1974 Act In this Part, “the 1974 Act” means the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Official Report Meeting date: 8 September 2022

Social Justice and Social Security Committee 08 September 2022

Decision on Taking Business in Private Good morning, and welcome to the 22nd meeting of the Social Justice and Social Security Committee in 2022, and our first meeting after the summer recess. Our first item of business is a decision on taking items 2 and 3 in private.

Official Report Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Finance and Public Administration Committee 26 March 2024

However, we do not know for certain at the moment whether that will allow stage 1 to be fully completed by the summer recess or whether it will extend to after the summer recess.

Last updated: 9 April 2024

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Bureau members may wish to note for information that the rota for Members’ Business until October Recess is as follows– Week beginning Tuesday Wednesday Thursday SNP GRN CON 5 June 2023 LAB SNP SNP 12 June 2023 CON SNP LAB 19 June 2023 SNP CON SNP 26 June 2023 Summer recess - - - 2023 4 Sept 2023 SNP CON LAB 11 Sept 2023 SNP SNP GRN 18 Sept 2023 LD CON SNP 25 Sept 2023 SNP SNP CON 2 Oct 2023 LAB SNP SNP October recess 2023 4.