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Justification given for taking the power
The UK Government considers this power to be necessary because there may be investigations other than inquiries and inquests in respect of which it is appropriate to enable the duty of candour and assistance to be applied. There are many different types of investigation conducted by a wide range of persons, and the ...
Pat Togher echoed the points made by Caroline Cameron, but added that an increase in chief officers moving on or retiring earlier is not specific to IJBs and is a challenge facing wider leadership throughout many councils in Scotland.
There was a general consensus in evidence submitted to the Committee that recruitment and retention is a major challenge for...
During its membership of the European Union, the UK was required to comply with EU law. This means that, in many policy areas, a consistent approach was often adopted across all four nations of the UK, even where those policy areas were devolved.
If remits are too broad, the Committee takes the view that this is likely to restrict the detailed scrutiny that many individual policy areas deserve and will increasingly require as policy development in those areas inevitably gathers pace during the next session of the Parliament;
The Committee is of the view that reducing the size and narrowing the remit...
Committee reports
Date published:
25 September 2020
This approach has been adopted because it is likely that many of the changes made under such regulations will be minor or technical in nature, or may need to be made quickly.
The system will be based on the current immigration rules for non-EU nationals, with many changes. Proposals include expanding the current Tier 2 (General) visa category which applies to non-EU citizens to EU citizens.
These councils will therefore have a higher dependency ratio and a consequent increased demand for services at a time of reduced funding. Many of these councils are also rural which poses an additional challenge in delivering services as cost effectively as urban councils.
He responded that there are already many mechanisms in existence to resolve issues including, for example, “some fairly complex and long-standing arrangements between Governments for discussing issues of contention on fisheries.”
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
26 March 2007
To ask the Scottish Executive how many individuals were charged with possession of (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) crack cocaine, (d) ecstasy and (e) cannabis in each police board area in each year since 1999, showing year-on-year percentage changes.