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Last updated: 2 April 2024

SQA NQ2023 Evaluation 27 March 2024

S cottish Qualifications Authority Ùghdarras Theisteanas Na H-Alba 27 March 2024 Sue Webber MSP Education, Children and Young People Committee By email to: [email protected] Contact: Fiona Robertson ear Ms Webber D Today, we have published the findings of in-depth research into the performance of the awarding of National Qualifications in the ...

Last updated: 28 February 2024

ESS improvement report COSLA submission 26 February 2024

Edward Mountain, MSP Convener Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Scottish Parliament 26 February 2024 ear Edward DAn investigation into the effectiveness of the systems in place to support local authorities in their duty to contribute to the delivery of climate change targets am grateful for the opportunity to contribute to your Committee’s considera...

Last updated: 27 February 2024

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McClure Solicitors: The Parliament debated S6M-11980 in the name of Stuart McMillan—That the Parliament notes with concern the reported failure and subsequent administration of McClure Solicitors in 2021; understands that the firm is believed to have had over 100,000 clients, many of whom held wills or trusts managed by the firm, and that a significant number of those clients will have lived in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency, where the firm was originally founded in 1853; further understands that, since entering administration, a substantial portion of the firm's former clients remain unaware of its closure and the transfer of their files to another law firm, Jones Whyte in Glasgow, which, it believes, is obligated to provide such files to former clients at no cost if they do not wish to engage its services; acknowledges that, subsequently to the firm entering administration, a number of former clients have reported discrepancies and irregularities in the work carried out by McClure Solicitors, resulting in the need for substantial rework or correction, often incurring costs amounting to hundreds or even thousands of pounds for the former clients; understands that a number of former clients have lodged complaints with the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission regarding the work carried out by McClure Solicitors, and that some of these complaints have led to compensation orders to recompense those affected; notes the Scottish Parliament's passage of the Trusts and Successions (Scotland) Bill, which is aimed at modernising and improving the creation and management of trusts, and acknowledges the ongoing progress on the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill; notes the belief that there should be a formal inquiry in the future to thoroughly examine all aspects of the firm's conduct, its collapse and subsequent events, and to suggest any changes necessary to prevent a recurrence of what it sees as the suffering experienced by many former clients; further notes the belief, however, that the current priority should be assisting those former clients who face substantial legal fees or challenges in selling family homes; notes the encouragement for all MSPs...

Last updated: 11 January 2024

RoS Quarterly update November 2023

B y Email Claire Baker, MSP Convener Reply to: Edinburgh Office Economy and Fair Work Committee economyandfairwork.committee@par Department: Senior Management liament.scot Contact: Jennifer Henderson Telephone: 0131 357 8199 Your Ref: N/A Email: [email protected] Our Ref: MC-110-2023 Date: 03 November 2023 Dear Ms Baker REGISTERS OF SCOTLAND – EFW ...

Last updated: 19 December 2023

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Michael Matheson MSP submission of 19 December 2023 Inquiry into A9 Dualling Project I write in response to your request, received by my Private Office on 6 December 2023, to provide a written statement in relation to the advice I received from officials in relation to the A9 Dualling.

Last updated: 19 December 2023

Investing in Scot Infrastructure AGS to PAC 4 Dec 2023

4th Floor T: 0131 625 1500 102 West Port E: [email protected] Edinburgh EH3 9DN www.audit-scotland.gov.uk 4 December 2023 Richard Leonard MSP Convener Public Audit Committee Scottish Parliament By email Dear Convener Investing in Scotland’s Infrastructure On 2 November 2023, I provided evidence to the Committee on my briefing paper Investing in Sc...

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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Dying in the Margins: The Parliament debated S6M-10827 in the name of Paul O’Kane—That the Parliament welcomes the University of Glasgow and Marie Curie research project, Dying in the Margins, as well as The Cost of Dying photography exhibition taken from the project; understands that the project ran from 2019 to 2023, and was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI); further understands that the project shed light on what it sees as the profound effect that people’s socio- economic circumstances can have on their end of life experience; understands that, as part of the project, participants who were living with a terminal illness were photographed by Margaret Mitchell to create images conveying aspects of their end of life experience, and were given a camera to document their end of life experience themselves; considers that the project highlights the important challenges that are faced by people with a terminal illness who are living with poverty, and what it sees as structural disadvantage, including, but not limited to, unsuitable housing, energy costs and lack of income support; commends the bravery of the project’s participants, their families and carers, who documented their lives at, it considers, the most challenging time, to inform the public conversation around improving the end of life care for those living with poverty, including those in the West Scotland region, and what it sees as structural disadvantage; recognises the expertise of those who worked on the project, including University of Glasgow researchers, Dr Naomi Richards and Dr Sam Quinn, University of Auckland researcher, Professor Merryn Gott, and Marie Curie Head of Research and Innovation, Dr Emma Carduff; notes that the photography exhibition will be displayed in the Scottish Parliament on the week commencing 13 November 2023, and further notes the encouragement for MSPs...

Last updated: 16 November 2023

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Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Finance Leas Phrìomh Mhinistear agus Rùnaire a’ Chaibineit  airson Ionmhas Shona Robison MSP Seòna Robastan BPA F/T: 0300 244 4000 E: [email protected] Kenneth Gibson Convener Finance and Public Administration Committee The Scottish Parliament Edinburgh EH99 1SP 02 November 2023 ___ Inquiry int...

Last updated: 15 November 2023

RCN NCS Bill November 2023

RCN Scotland 42 South Oswald Road Edinburgh Clare Haughey MSP EH9 2HH Convener Colin Poolman Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Director Telephone: 0131 662 6131 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Date: 14 November 2023 Dear Convener, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill I read with interest the Committee’s letter to Scott...

Last updated: 8 November 2023

Letter from RoS Quarterly update 2023