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“Before the Parliament’s summer recess period, we had already covered a lot of ground by hearing the views of a broad range of agriculture sector stakeholders on the themes of food production, supply chains, climate change and biodiversity to name a few.
The 2010 Act requires that instruments subject to the negative procedure be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than 4 days.
In correspondence with the Presiding Officer, the Scottish Government explained that a breach of the laying requirement had been necessary to ensure that registered medical practition...
However, the Committee still consider it to be unclear when exactly the Government were made aware of the potential shortage of monitoring equipment - the Cabinet Secretary's response states this was "a few weeks before Parliamentary recess". While it may still have been necessary to breach the 28 day rule, the Committee consider that it may have been possi...
This will be a short inquiry which the Committee hopes to conclude before the 2018 summer recess. The Economy, Jobs and Fair Work Committee is currently seeking to gather information about common frameworks that are likely to be within its remit and its European Reporter, Andy Wightman MSP, is considering what form any scrutiny might take.
We continue to seek engagement with the UK Government on that work and our position remains that it must take urgent action to protect households and to deliver on its promises, which it has singularly failed to do to date.
It is currently expected that draft regulations will be laid later in 2025, although the exact date is still to be decided. The eventual timeline will be informed by the considerations of the group and the development of the regulations.
We have the option to pose questions or to take up any issues with regard to the date and relevant developments. If members do not have any views on the matter, we will move to the substantive question.
Holyrood park’s legislation is decades out of date and does not align with council or Government climate targets or with the City of Edinburgh Council mobility plan.
I thank the minister for that answer and I respect what she has to say, but the Edinburgh tram inquiry has now been running for over eight years. To date, it has cost Scottish taxpayers £13.1 million, and the end is still not in sight.
National Records of Scotland (Funding) To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much additional funding it has allocated to the National Records of Scotland. (S6O-01163) To date, no additional funding has been allocated.