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As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member s Bill) has completed Stage 1, ’ amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
The committee wrote to the Scottish Government before Christmas, seeking further information on a number of points, and a response was received yesterday. Members may consider that the response provides the information that the committee sought.
The complaint is that Peter Chapman may have breached the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament” by failing to disclose his shareholding in ANM Group when making representations on the company’s behalf to members of Aberdeenshire Council’s Garioch area committee.
I cannot say to the committee that there will never be a circumstance in which some form of restraint may be applied, because there may be issues of personal safety for a child or a member of staff involved.
Plenty MSPs attended those meetings, which means that if I had made them formal meetings, the group would have been in compliance with the rules. On 9 May 2017, we had an event called “Loaded Words”.
A briefing paper has been provided that suggests that the committee may wish to be content with the powers that the bill delegates to the Scottish ministers in clauses 13, 25 and 49.
Conversely, when action is required, the secretary of state may require it to be taken. When the action has taken the form of subordinate legislation, the secretary of state may nullify it.