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Date answered:
22 January 2020
S5W-26932
Officials are also working to finalise an illustrative timetable and, ideally, the regulations will come into force prior to the Summer recess. S5W-26932
Official Report
Meeting date:
1 November 2022
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 01 November 2022
That will ensure that the policy intent is delivered, and it will prevent there being a gap between the substantive changes to the law and the coming into force of savings provisions on a later date. Under section 28(2) of the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010, instruments that are subject to the negative procedure must be laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than four days.?
Last updated:
7 January 2026
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F inance and Public Administration Committee Shona Robison MSP Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Scottish Government 19 December 2025 Dear Shona Thank you for your letter of 25 November 2025 in which you seek the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s views prior to Christmas recess in relation to the scope of the next review of the...
Last updated:
7 January 2026
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F inance and Public Administration Committee Shona Robison MSP Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government Scottish Government 19 December 2025 Dear Shona Thank you for your letter of 25 November 2025 in which you seek the Finance and Public Administration Committee’s views prior to Christmas recess in relation to the scope of the next review of the...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 September 2024
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 03 September 2024
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 03 September 2024 Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 03 September 2024Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private I welcome back colleagues after the summer recess—I hope that you had a lovely time.
Official Report
Meeting date:
2 September 2025
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 02 September 2025
The letter explains that, although the need for such regulations became clear in the days following the escalation of violence on 13 June, there was not sufficient time to prepare them prior to recess beginning on 28 June and, as such, it was necessary to make them during recess.
Official Report
Meeting date:
29 February 2024
Meeting of the Parliament 29 February 2024
Public Finances (Impact of Recession) To ask the Scottish Government, in the light of recent Office for National Statistics data, what assessment it has made of the impact on Scotland’s public finances of the United Kingdom entering a recession in 2023.
Last updated:
22 June 2021
CCEAC_Paper_3 legacy_paper
It is expected that the Scottish Government will lay the draft Policy Statement shortly after summer recess. Parliament officials began considering approaches to scrutiny of both the Policy Statement and the Annual Report during the election recess.
Last updated:
14 November 2024
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(c) the date fixed does not fall within the period of 6 months before the relevant date. (2) If the returning officer considers it necessary or appropriate for any reason to do so, the returning officer may fix another date for the holding of the poll to 5 fill the casual vacancy which is to be within the period of 3 months beginning with the date of the poll fixed by the returning officer under section 37(1). (3) Subsection (4) applies where— (a) the returning officer fixes a date under subsection (2), and (b) the date fixed does not fall within the period of 6 months before the 10 relevant date. 1 (4) If the returning officer considers it necessary or appropriate for any reason to do so, the returning officer may fix another date for the holding of the poll to fill the casual vacancy which is to be within the period of 3 months beginning with the date of the poll fixed by the returning officer under subsection (2). 15 (5) Before fixing a date under subsection (2) or (as the case may be) subsection (4), the returning officer must consult— (a) the Electoral Commission, and (b) the convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland. (5A) As soon as reasonably practicable after fixing a date under subsection (2) or 20 (as the case may be) subsection (4), the returning officer must publish, in such manner as the returning officer considers appropriate, a statement setting out— (a) the date fixed for the holding of the poll, and (b) the reasons for the exercise of the power. (6) For the purposes of this section, section 37B and section 37C the “relevant 25 date” has the meaning given in section 37(2A). 37B Further power of returning officer to postpone election for casual vacancy where large number of unfilled vacancies (1) This section applies where— (a) a casual vacancy occurs in the office of councillor, 30 (b) on the occurrence of the casual vacancy (or in the case of a number of simultaneous vacancies, the occurrence of the vacancies), the total number of unfilled vacancies in the membership of the council exceeds one third of the whole number of members, (c) the returning officer fixes a date under section 37 or 37A on which the 35 poll is to be held at the election to fill the casual vacancy, and (d) the date fixed falls within the period beginning 6 months before the relevant date and ending 3 months before the relevant date. (2) If the returning officer considers it necessary or appropriate for any reason to do so, the returning officer may fix another date for the holding of the poll to 40 fill the casual vacancy which is to be within the period of 3 months beginning with the date of the poll fixed by the returning officer under section 37 or (as . the case may be) 37A 20 Scottish Elections (Representation and Reform) Bill Part 4A—Nomination of candidate: home address form (3) Before fixing a date under subsection (2) the returning officer must consult— (a) the Electoral Commission, and (b) the convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland. (4) As soon as reasonably practicable after fixing a date under subsection (2), the 5 returning officer must publish, in such manner as the returning officer considers appropriate, a statement setting out— (a) the date fixed for the holding of the poll, and (b) the reasons for the exercise of the power. 37C Power of returning officer to cancel election for casual vacancy 10 (1) This section applies where— 1 (a) a casual vacancy occurs in the office of councillor, (b) the returning officer fixes a date under section 37, 37A or 37B on which the poll is to be held at the election to fill the casual vacancy, and (c) the date fixed falls within the period of 6 months before the relevant 15 date. (2) If the returning officer considers it necessary or appropriate for any reason to do so, the returning officer may determine that an election to fill the casual vacancy is not to be held. (3) Before determining that an election is not to be held under subsection (2), the 20 returning officer must consult— (a) the Electoral Commission, and (b) the convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland. (3A) As soon as reasonably practicable after determining that an election is not to be held under subsection (2), the returning officer must publish, in such manner 25 as the returning officer considers appropriate, a statement setting out— (a) that an election is not to be held, and (b) the reasons for the exercise of the power. (4) Where an election is not held by virtue of the returning officer’s determination under subsection (2), the casual vacancy is to be filled at the next ordinary 30 election.”.
Official Report
Meeting date:
17 January 2013
Referendum (Scotland) Bill Committee 17 January 2013
I prefer option 2. In the last weeks before recesses, Wednesday mornings as well as afternoons have been taken up for stage 3 proceedings.
