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Alexander Stewart: To ask the Scottish Government what reassurances it can give that, and by what date, all outstanding 2015 pillar two common agricultural policy payments will be completed in full.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 February 2026
Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“ILRA”), instruments subject to the negative procedure must be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting dissolution or recess period of more than 4 days. Breaching this rule does not affect the validity of the instrument, but does trigger an automati...
It is therefore necessary, as a matter of international obligation, that we lay this instrument during October recess in breach of the 28 day rule.
The UK is still to lay its equivalent SI, leaving the UK Parliament and the Scottish Parliament in a similar position with regards to breaching timelines.
The Land Reform Review Group offered three explanations for this trend in their 2014 final report, The Land of Scotland and the Common Good:
the break-up of large estates post WW1 following recession and the tax regime with tenants converting to owner-occupancy;
consolidation of farms into larger units e.g. due to mechanisation; and
the introduction of secu...
Scottish Government reaction
On 25 December, the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs, Michael Russell, was quoted saying:
A no deal outcome has thankfully been avoided but in the midst of a pandemic and economic recession Scotland is now being forced to cope with a hard Brexit in less than one week’s time.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 December 2020
As the instrument was laid on 11 December, even without the Parliament being in recess from 24 December, the instrument would not meet the 28-day period given that it comes into force on IP completion day.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2020
We have an opportunity to grab a little time, but if we thought that the previous recession was bad, this one is going to be incomparably worse.iv EEFW Committee meeting, 11 August 2020, col 33
Hope Laing, Orkney Youth Forum and Member of the Scottish Youth Parliament (SYP) referred to the SYP’s Lockdown Lowdown report (published in April with YouthLink Sco...
Work programme (in private): The Sub-Committee considered its work programme and agreed to undertake further work before the summer recess on [ . . . ] and (b) Police Scotland's digital data and ICT strategy.
For consultation and scrutiny to be meaningful, the time available should reflect the significance and impact of the matter under consideration.You highlight the suggested timescale of 120 days however we would observe that this timescale could be insufficient if the draft plan was published immediately before the summer recess. For the reasons set out abov...
Professor Catia Montagna concurs, referring to data showing “a strong correlation between the degree of inequality in a country and the ability of the country to recover from recession, so countries that have done better in that sense are countries that have a much lower inequality.”1Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee 21 November 2017, Professor Montagna...