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The aim is to agree how we will use the remaining weeks before the summer recess, which had been set aside for stage 2 of the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Bill and discussions on the fur farming bill and land reform, all of which have been delayed as a result of the foot-and-mouth crisis.
I hope that members had a good and restful break over the recess. Our only absence this afternoon is Colin Fox, who will not be attending any meetings in September.
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/CEEAC-03-10-2024?meeting=16033 The date for the UK Budget following the UK General Election was set in July 2024.
Second-generation biometrics: A name given to newly emerging forms of biometric analysis which have not, to date, been widely used in policing (such as: facial recognition, gait recognition, eye/iris/retinal identification, and voice recognition).
Announcements, consultation and parliamentary debate
The idea for a ‘Scottish Business Development Bank’ dates back to at least 2013 when the Scottish Government published a Sustainable, Responsible Banking Strategy for Scotland.
We have already decided that matters that are not raised with us formally will be referred directly to our meeting immediately after the Easter recess, at which we will consider a large number of potential items of future business.
Further details about that scheme will be announced shortly.I am sorry that the statement was rather long. Parliament is about to go into recess and I thought it right to bring members up to date on all aspects of the issue as it affects Scotland.
I suggest that he should be excluded from meetings of the full Parliament and of committees for one week, excluding any period of recess. That is what we should recommend to the full Parliament.