This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
The memorandum also explains that it is likely that the future baseline date “will need to be changed to 2020” to reflect the move towards a target date in 2030, and it indicates that the Scottish Government’s intention is that the regulation-making power would be exercised only once.
I have met several people in this arena, and one thing that struck me over the recess is that we have to recognise that the army can be a very positive destination for people.
Is it feasible for the DWP to move the date on which it pays someone UC to match the date on which their employer pays them—the last Friday of the month or the last day of the month, for example?
However, the question that Mr Kerr raises highlights the general challenge that exists. Just before the Easter recess, I spent two days at the international summit on the teaching profession.
Article 2 should also have retrospective effect from 16 December 2014 insofar as necessary to give effect to article 7, which has effect from that date. Furthermore, article 9 should have retrospective effect from 5 December 2005 insofar as necessary to give effect to articles 10 to 12, which have effect from that date.
The earliest that we can possibly get the results of the review before Parliament will be after recess. That is how long it will take to do that engagement, including with my parliamentary colleagues.