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The agreement of the UK law officers, the Lord Advocate and the Secretary of State for Scotland to expedited royal procedures would be required so that the Bill could be similarly enacted by 26 November.
Members indicated agreement. 12:32 Meeting suspended. 12:33 On resuming—Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Children (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 We move to further consideration of the Children (Scotland) Bill.
SB 24-42
Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets)(Scotland) Bill
This briefing summarises the background to, and content of, the Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets)(Scotland) Bill as introduced to the Scottish Parliament ...
It indicated that “engaging with secondary legislation is significantly more difficult for ‘professional’ stakeholders and nearly impossible for members of the public.”iiRCN Scotland. Written submission.
The Scottish Human Rights Commission also set out concerns in relation to subordinate legislation diminishing “participation rights”, and parliamentarians’ ability to effectively represent their constituents if they cannot seek to amend subordinate legislation.iiThe Scottish Human Rights Commission.
Alison Bavidge of the Scottish Association of Social Work described this balance between the rights of a child accused versus those harmed by them as "knotty".
Nor is it remotely credible to say that it is not possible for these matters to be put on the face of the Bill. Why should the Bill say so little, with so much left to regulations?