This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
The instrument was laid before the Parliament on 21 February 2020 and came into force the next day, which does not comply with the requirement that at least 28 days should elapse between the laying of an instrument that is subject to the negative procedure and the coming into force of that instrument.
The standing orders require the committee to draw to the Parliament’s attention any failure to respect the 28-day laying requirement. The first instrument under item 5 is SSI 2019/84, which we considered under item 2.
Lastly, judicial factors have to account for their dealings with an estate, and they are required to regularly prepare accounts, which are audited by the accountant, and are held to be liable for any misdeeds.
Current figures that are provided by the Accountant in Bankruptcy show that 90 per cent of protected trust deeds in Scotland are administered by only four firms, with two firms accounting for a 70 per cent share of the market.
That is not just good governance: it is essential accountability, and an accountability that was sorely missed in the case of Andrew Stoddart, who was a tenant farmer at Colstoun Mains in East Lothian for more than two decades.