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This came out of concerns that those acting as “gatekeepers” to a referral or diagnosis or referral often do not have an up to date understanding of neurodevelopmental conditions, particularly in relation to women, girls and ethnic minority people, meaning that thresholds may not be applied fairly or appropriately in some cases.
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It would also have made transitional provision, so that:
discrimination relating to children or benefits status is an offence only in relation to conduct occurring on or after 1 May 2026, but
conduct which began before 1 May and continues afterwards is taken to have occurred on that date.
In correspondence with the Scottish Government, the Committee aske...
Section 41(3)b of the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 states that such an Order “ceases to have effect at the expiry of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which it was made unless, before the expiry of that period, the order has been approved by resolution of the Parliament”.
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Date published:
24 February 2026
Further information on the instrument, and on the Scottish Government’s work on legal aid reform more broadly, was included in a letter from the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, dated 28 January 2026.
The Committee received a further letter from the Minister on 23 February which provided "a detailed update setting out the actions the Scottish Gove...
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Date published:
17 February 2026
The Regulations and Order together set 3 November 2026 as the ‘go live’ date for the system and make provision in respect of absent vote arrangements which exist prior to 3 November.
They also have a steering group of practitioner representatives and Scottish Government officials in order to keep up to date with policy changes within Government.viiLocal Government, Housing and Planning Committee,Official Report, 16 December 2025, Col 10
While it was noted that the methodology used is published online, there was some dubiety about the date on which this was agreed between the two governments and how it was used to assess these bids.
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/proposed-members-bills/daniel-johnson-final-cd.pdf [accessed 4 November 2025] and the consultation ran from 20 June 2023 to 29 September 2023 (extended from the original closing date of 12 September 2023). The consultation received 148 responses (134 responses were submitted via Smart Surv...
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