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In addition, at a Bureau meeting, Business Managers may request that certain motions are retained if, for example, the motion is to be debated at a future date. Removal of motions lodged before 15 March 2022 5.
I am writing to you in furtherance of that, so as to secure formal notification that the date has been communicated from you, and the implications this has.
Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, instruments subject to the negative procedure are required to be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than four days.
That the Parliament agrees the following parliamentary recessdates under Rule 2.3.1: 11 to 19 February 2023 (inclusive), 1 to 16 April 2023 (inclusive), 1 July to 27 August 2023 (inclusive), 7 to 22 October 2023 (inclusive), 23 December 2023 to 7 January 2024 (inclusive).
The Fraser of Allander Institute suggests this means that Scotland is likely already at the start of a recession (defined as two quarters of negative growth in the economy).Businesses hope for some clarity and stability after recent political turmoil | FAI (fraserofallander.org) Similarly, at the UK level, recent performances of private sector indexes suggest that the UK may have already been in a recession for the past few months, with significant falls in new orders and business confidence.
The Committee would therefore welcome a written response from you and invites you to give oral evidence either in person or by video call prior to Christmas recess. The Committee clerks can be contacted by your officials to arrange a mutually convenient date.
I ask George Adam, on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, to move motions S6M-01232 to S6M-01239, on approval of Scottish statutory instruments; S6M-01240, on parliamentary recessdates; and S6M-01242, on suspension and variation of standing orders.
Firstly, I would like to thank your committee for its timely consideration of the supplementary LCM for the above Bill, it enabled us to take the Legislative Consent Motion at decision time on 28 June, shortly before Parliament went into recess. As you will be aware there is an ongoing issue with the UK Government taking powers in UK Bills that would allow ...
Members will be aware that the First Minister has indicated that she will provide an update to Parliament before recess. I hope that no further information appears elsewhere before that update is provided.