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The committee also considers the reasons for breaches of the 28-day rule, which in this case are set out in a letter to the Presiding Officer that is dated 23 April 2020. The letter explains that the Scottish Government considers that the new developments and changes of use that are currently taking place to urgently provide additional capacity for the nati...
The reasons for not complying with it are outlined in the letter from the Scottish Government’s legal services directorate to the Presiding Officer dated 16 January, which is supplemented by the written response to the committee on the regulations.
For example, if tenants are required to give a date of their departure, that might be a different date to the date that the landlord has given, and the consequences of that might be unclear.
The committee decided to meet on 29 October because the Scottish Youth Parliament’s conference is on that date, so changing that meeting date will not be easy.
Why has there been no Scottish Government investment in the project to date? When I came into post as Minister for Energy, one of my first meetings was with the Scottish cluster, which, at that point, was hopeful of getting track status.