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The Scottish Parliament Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee undertook pre-budget scrutiny to influence the Scottish Government’s thinking when preparing the 2023-24 budget..
Pre-legislative scrutiny of environmental governance and principles clauses
Some parts of the Bill (covering environmental governance and principles) were subject to pre-legislative scrutiny in the UK Parliament in 2018.
Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2023-24
The Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee’s pre-budget scrutiny for 2023-24 focussed on funding for affordable housing.
Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) Bill
Pre-release Access to Official Statistics (Scotland) BillSP Bill number81Type of BillCLength of Bill (no. of pages in the Bill excluding contents pages and back sheets)3Date introduced8 Sep 20Preliminary discussions in committeeLead committee appointedStage 1...
Commenting at the time, RSS’s Executive Director stated—
We hope it will set an example for other government departments to follow and bring forward the day when pre-release access to all official statistics is ended.
The Committee asks to the Scottish Government to consider other safeguards, such as extending the mandatory pre-action protocol for personal injury claims to £100,000 (to reflect the current jurisdiction of the All-Scotland Personal Injury Court), and the introduction of a pre-action protocol for clinical negligence ...
The above approaches have been applied across a range of types of committee work, including pre-legislative, legislative and post-legislative scrutiny, pre-budget and budget scrutiny and inquiries and petitions.