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SPICe briefings Date published: 12 March 2025

Scottish Parliament (Recall and Removal of Members) Bill - Chapter 2: Removal for failing to physically attend

The features specified in section 27(2) of the Bill are: (a) a member may be disqualified under the process only if the member has failed to meet the minimum level of physical attendance expected, which is at least one day’s physical attendance at any proceedings over a period of 180 days ignoring any time during which (i) the Parliament is in recess, (ii) ...
Committee reports Date published: 12 January 2023

Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 10 January 2023 - Scrutiny of instruments under the Committee’s remit: instruments drawn to the attention of the lead committee

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 14 December 2022 and came into force on 1 January 2023.
Committee reports Date published: 22 March 2022

Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 22 March 2022

This rule requires that instruments subject to the negative procedure are 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 the regulations are required to come into force urgently in order to have a suitable safeguarding sy...
Committee reports Date published: 23 February 2021

Report on Scottish Government Budget 2021-22 - Underspends

While recognising it will be a matter for the incoming Government after the election, we are strongly of the view that the Parliament should have the opportunity to consider a Budget Revision prior to the Summer recess. We note that the next set of SFC forecasts will be delayed due to the Scottish Parliament elections in May.
Committee reports Date published: 15 January 2020

Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 14 January 2020 - Annex B

Predicting future demand with certainty is challenging, and it was only when a further significant increase became apparent a few weeks before Parliamentary recess that we considered it necessary to act swiftly to make sure all the exisiting stock of equipment could be used as and when needed, and to ensure there was no interruption in the continuity of del...
Official Report Meeting date: 9 September 2025

Meeting of the Parliament 09 September 2025

I start with PGL Dalguise in my region. In a particularly busy summer recess during which I visited several of our outdoor centres, I found that the focus was very much on inclusion and on the delivery of quality services for all our young people, including those with disability.
Official Report Meeting date: 2 March 2016

Finance Committee 02 March 2016

Well, they might not be met, because— No, no. It was during the recession. So— Forgive me. Let us just take stock here.
Official Report Meeting date: 27 February 2024

Meeting of the Parliament 27 February 2024

Despite that, we are now into a recession, with the economy contracting.
Last updated: 6 October 2025

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Tuesday 7 October 2025 61 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Progress of Legislation | Adhartas Reachdais Progress of Legislation A list of all Bills in progress can be accessed via the website at: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills For each Bill, the date of the next (or most recent) event in the Bill’s passage is given.
Last updated: 21 May 2025

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Subsection (1) of section 3 provides that on or after the date on which section 3 comes into force, no person can be convicted of an offence under section 46 of the 1982 Act (soliciting and importuning by prostitutes) or, where the conviction has occurred prior to that date, no penalty may be imposed upon them.

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