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The National Assistance (Assessment of Resources and Sums for Personal Requirements) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 amend the dates on which the National Assistance (Assessment of Resources) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2021 and the National Assistance (Sums for Personal Requirements) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 come into force.
I refer members to a paper by the clerk, which notes that the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 26 January 2021 and noted that they had not been laid within the required timescales. In its report to the Parliament dated 29 January 2021, the DPLR Committee noted that it is content with the explanation that...
When they finally managed to log on, the only dates that were available for the two required tests were 24 hours apart, which is well short of the five days that are required.
Our intention had been to ramp up publicity as we came closer to the date of it coming into force. We have had help from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in all of this, which has also been giving advice about the required equipment.
(S5O-04582) Since the announcement of the terms of reference in May, my officials have been working with Lord Bracadale and his team to put in place all of the resources that are needed to make an effective start to proceedings before announcing the formal setting-up date for the inquiry. The key appointments of the secretary, solicitor and senior and junio...
The reasons for the breach of the 28-day rule in this case are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer that is dated 15 May 2020, which sets out that the Scottish Government considers that there is an urgent need to bring the instrument into force to address the significant increase in the ethics committee’s workload as a result of the high volume of C...
Scientific Advice (Publication) The First Minister might be aware of a letter of 18 May from the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee to the Prime Minister, which outlines the lessons learned to date in the Covid-19 pandemic. Recommendation 2 is that there should be more transparency in the scientific advice provided to Government and that a s...
The FBU is balloting members on that offer, with a closing date of 28 February. I have written to the SFRS and the FBU to make clear the Scottish Government’s position, which is that additional investment in the SFRS can be supported only if real progress is made on broadening the role of firefighters in Scotland.
An evaluation of the full year, following the end of March, will be published in autumn 2019. To date, over the first four months of the scheme, £60,000 has been spent, which has helped 435 families.