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We note the committee's acknowledgement that Scotland would have met all of its fixed annual targets to date, had it not been for technical changes to the way greenhouse gas emissions are accounted for.
Given that we have been treading water for two years, will that be before the summer recess? I spotted Fergus Ewing during the leadership hustings hosted by the excellent Inverness Courier.
Our proposals will also enable the setting of a further target for net zero emissions as soon as the appropriate date to do so can be determined in an evidence-based manner.
The instrument is subject to the negative procedure. Its purpose is to extend the date of the temporary suspension, from 12 May 2021 until 31 August 2022, regarding the rules that carers can take only four weeks of breaks in caring within a six-month period and continue to receive carers allowance.
Because it was laid before the Parliament on 11 June and comes into force on 28 June, it does not respect the requirement that at least 28 days should elapse between the laying of an instrument that is subject to the negative procedure and the date on which it comes into force. The reasons for the breach are set out in correspondence with the Presiding Offi...
It appears that there is currently no need to correct the minor error, but if the order requires to be amended at a later date, the Scottish Government has undertaken to work with the United Kingdom Government to adjust the provision.
The Scottish Government’s response is due to be published imminently. I do not have the date in front of me, but I know that the Cabinet is due to discuss it very soon.
I have here a letter from December 2017 in which the Cabinet Secretary for Justice promised me that he would publish in January 2018 statistics on school exclusions for carrying weapons. As of today’s date, those statistics have not been published.