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Justice Committee scrutiny
The Committee noted the time that this Committee has had for this instrument has been surprisingly short. This SI has a laying date of 10 December. The reason for not allowing 28 days for Scottish Parliamentary scrutiny is that “drafting issues emerged late”.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
Section 13 provides that Scottish Ministers may by regulations commence the provisions of the Bill on such dates as they determine.
Section 14 gives the Bill its short title as the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Bill.
Explanatory material
The DPLR Committee recommended in its interim report on the LCM that instruments should be accompanied by explanatory material. In a letter dated 23 January 2018 to the Presiding Officer, the DPLR Committee stated that the House of Commons amendment on explanatory memoranda “meets some of the requirements set out in the Committee’s ...
To be admissible, an objection must:
be in writing;
state the objector's name and address (and any other contact details);
set out the grounds for objection (and whether these relate to the whole bill or specific provisions);
explain how the objector's interests would be adversely affected by the bill; and
be signed and dated by the objector.
The Scottish P...
To be admissible, an objection must:
be in writing;
state the objector's name and address (and any other contact details);
set out the grounds for objection (and whether these relate to the whole bill or specific provisions);
explain how the objector's interests would be adversely affected by the bill; and
be signed and dated by the objector.
The Scottish P...
In Westminster, committees have been able to meet during the recess because they have been meeting virtually—they have done that to a much greater extent than they have done during previous recesses.
I am sure that Ian Rogers and Steven Dillon would agree that that is the one area where a hole in the market has emerged over the past nine or 10 years since the recession. That sector of house builders has disappeared in that time.
A key aspect that needs to be addressed is that, given the additional costs faced by small-scale builders, many of which might not survive any coming recession, we need to look at the potential for more small-scale investments to be supported.
I have a comment to make before I begin my area of questioning: do not set arbitrary dates; just deal with the issues that are in the in-tray on dates that are appropriate for both parties.
I am pleased that the work that has been done in the committee, since we first raised the matter during the summer recess, has led to the actions that have now been taken—better late than never, as we have discussed previously.