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The government should be consulting "behind the curtain" on secondary legislation just as they do with primary legislation, focusing not just on consultation but on producing workable solutions. Agenda item 6 Date of next meeting May 2025
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KA thanked speakers for their contributions, attendees for questions and to conveners for chairing the discussion. 6 Agenda item 4 Date of next meeting was to be confirmed post Parliamentary recess.
It was anticipated that parliamentary business would move to 3 hybrid meeting days reflecting the nature of the business proposed in the coming weeks. The recessdates had been agreed by the Bureau; some outstanding decisions on business arrangements were due to be taken at its meeting the following day. 1 4 .
*S6M-00125 George Adam on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: Parliamentary RecessDates—That the Parliament agrees the following parliamentary recessdates under Rule 2.3.1: 26 June to 29 August 2021 (inclusive), 9 to 24 October 2021 (...
The Scottish Government plans to publish its first Annual Energy Statement before the summer recess, subject to agreement by the parliamentary business.
This was an almost impossible deadline to meet due to local government elections that took place in May 2022 and the fact that most councils were in recess during July (sign off by local authority political leaders being an essential aspect of the plan).
To be published annually following the UK Spring Statement and at least four weeks before summer recess, the document was intended to be a key aspect of the Parliament’s all-year budget process.
Approval is likely to be sought from the Committee in early December, therefore, the Committee will of course wish to consider the timing of December recess and other planned Committee business in determining their approach.
As a result, there was no time available for formal questions and a response to be issued and received in time for the Committee’s final meeting before the summer recess.
It is appropriate for the Committee to consider this instrument before the recess because an error has been identified in relation to a provision ...
As it was laid less than 28 days before it came into force, it is in breach of section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, which requires that negative instruments are laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than four days.