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The Scottish Government notes this will be based on an ‘up to date’ valuation of those properties, not the 1991 value that is used to calculate council tax liability currently.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2025
Parliament is considering the Legislative Consent Memorandum (“LCM”) dated 31 October 2025 for the Bill under Rule 9B.3.6 of the Standing Orders, which states that where the Bill that is the subject of the memorandum contains provisions conferring powers on Scottish Ministers to make subordinate legislation, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (“t...
Length of the signing period
Section 24 sets out that the signing period will end four weeks after the day designated by the petition officer as the start-date of the petition.
On the provision for a four-week signing period, the Electoral Commission noted that this had been one of its recommendations in relation to the UK Recall Act – the Commission descr...
Joint Committee meetings
Another approach taken by committees to date to deal with cross-cutting issues has been to hold joint committee meetings to discuss a cross-cutting issue across broad perspectives.
Under the 1986 Act, where a child is unlawfully removed from or retained outside Scotland, the child is deemed to remain habitually resident in Scotland for a period of one year from the date of such removal or retention.iiFamily Law Act 1986, section 41.
Role of the senior management team
Significant changes took place to senior management and to the board of FMPG during 2023/24 and to date. These changes are summarised below:
In March 2024, the then Chief Executive’s contract of employment was terminated by the Board.