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Secondly, we need to decide whether to meet again before the summer recess, to consider some of the petitions that have been carried over from session 4 and some new petitions that have not yet been considered.
The primary reason for the limited divergence effect to date is due to the tendency for new EU secondary law instruments to include (often generous) periods for transition from older to newer act(s).
If the Keeper does not receive any notification of a court application before the date that the Keeper had said was the intended date for making the correction, the Keeper is required to make the correction on that date arriving (subsection (7)). 423.
We are currently considering responses to the consultation as we develop proposals for future reform and we plan to bring forward legislative proposals as soon as possible after the Summer recess. S6W-17324
The Committee had intended to consider a draft report in April 2025, on Parliament's return from Easter recess. However, the Committee agreed to delay consideration of a draft report in light of the issuing of the Supreme Court's judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers on 16 April 2025.
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24 September 2025
The Scottish Government is required under the Act to lay the proposed national plan “...before the Scottish Parliament for a period of 60 days, of which no fewer than 30 days must be days on which the Parliament is neither dissolved nor in recess”. During this period, before finalising the plan, Scottish Ministers are required to have regard to:
“(i) any re...
Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, instruments subject to the negative procedure must be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than 4 days. The instrument breaches this requirement as it was laid on 15 October 2024 and came into force on 16 October 2024.
The Committee will write to the CST asking for a response before Christmas recess. Similarly, the Committee notes the delayed development of a fiscal framework between Scottish and local government must also address these issues.
Stage 1 is due to conclude before the summer recess which starts on 27 June. The Social Security Committee has asked for written views on the Bill by 14 May which will inform an oral evidence session with the Cabinet Secretary on 21 May.3Scottish Parliament Social Security Committee. (2020, April).