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On 13 May 2020, the Committee was able to meet for the first time since March 2020, and took evidence from Scottish Government ministers on the pandemic impact to date on policy areas within its remit.
Draft Budget Scrutiny 2021-22
The Committee launched a call for views on Pre-budget Scrutiny 2021-22, with a closing date of 18 September 2020.
The purpose of the call for views was to focus on the budgetary impact of Covid-19 on equalities and human rights as we know the challenges faced by people in Scotland.
It is structured as follows:
The operation and impact of the Act to date;
The status quo or legislative reform;
Whether non-legislative changes are required to improve the operation of the Act.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 November 2020
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According to the Policy Memorandum—
...the Bill is not reliant on devolution by the UK Government and...it is competent to progress without this because it enables any consumer protection powers that may be devolved to be readily incorporated as a condition of licence at a later date...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
The Committee asks the Scottish Government to provide an assessment of the additional enforcement requirements to be placed on SEPA and provide re-assurance that the powers and resources required by SEPA will be in place before the date of launch of the Scheme. If there is a requirement for additional powers, the Scottish Government should identify how thos...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2019
Section 1(2) sets out specific matters which any regulations under section 1(1) must specify. Those matters are:
the date on which the poll of a referendum is to be held;
the form of the ballot paper to be used in the referendum; and
the referendum period.
In light of this, the Committee agreed to produce a report which will draw together the various changes made to civil and criminal law in Scotland by way of Brexit-related secondary legislation which has been scrutinised by the Committee to date. This report will be published in due course.
Stage 1 Key Issues
At stage 1 the Committee took oral evidence across three dates (noted in Table 1).
Stakeholders were supportive of the principles behind the Bill.