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In my opening remarks, I shall refer to something that is not on the agenda today—the visit to the Highlands and Aberdeenshire that the committee undertook during the Easter recess. I take this opportunity to thank the members of staff who went to great lengths to organise the trip.
The submissions should then be made available to members towards the end of the recess. Drawing on those submissions, we might arrange an informal meeting before the end of the recess—although very much in the latter part of the recess—at which we would hear from a number of o...
The relevant date is the relevant date in terms of existing legislation and the case law, so to change the relevant date from a precise date to something far broader is problematic.I am also curious as to what charges might be brought i...
The transposition deadline is 13 August, which is during our recess. I asked my parliamentary questions because I was concerned that, if we are in recess when the UK Parliament deals with the issue—Westminster's recess starts a month after ours—it might be difficult for us to ...
Does that mean that we will have another formal meeting before the recess to ensure that preparatory work for our investigations will continue during part of the recess?
Those placing requests can be made once the previous school commencement date has passed, but not before. The school commencement date is the August before the date on which the children would be entitled to start school.
Our next meeting is our last before the recess and will be in Jedburgh. I am more than happy to invite the SAC to speak to us in Jedburgh, but I do not know whether that would be possible.
However, in May, when I asked you in the chamber when the group would publish its report, you stated:"The group expects to submit its report before the summer recess. I will publish the report in due course thereafter."
If possible, I would like to programme them in before the Christmas recess. For obvious reasons, I am reluctant to tie us down to those dates too tightly.