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Has the Scottish Government asked the chief economist to form a view on the impact of border effects? Sixty per cent of Scotland’s outward trade, which is worth more than £50 billion, is with the rest of the UK.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether a revised Addiction Prevalence Testing (APT) by the Scottish Prison Service remains set to be introduced in late 2021.
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Planning (Scotland) Bill: as amended at Stage 2
A report by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on the Planning (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 December 2023
Now that the amended United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill has been passed by Parliament, we are preparing suggested amendments to the Members’ Bill to assist.
Legal and human rights considerations
Assisted dying and human rights - legal context
Both the courts in the UK and the European Court of Human Rights have recognised that the right to decide when and how to die is an aspect of the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Other police forces operating in Scotland
Professor Paul Wiles told the Committee that further consideration is needed as to whether the oversight functions of the Scottish Commissioner ought to apply to police forces that operate both inside Scotland and across the UK, such as the British Transport Police (BTP) and the National Crime Agency (NCA), because-
When the British Transport Police in Scotland arrests someone and takes biometrics, it uses Police Scotland to take them, but then ships the biometrics down to London.
Director-General Scottish Exchequer Alyson Stafford CBE BA Hon (Oxon) MA ACA CPFA T: 0131-244 7286 E: [email protected] Richard Leonard MSP Convenor, Public Audit Committee By email only ___ Your ref: Investing in Scotland’s Infrastructure 19 December 2023 Dear Mr Leonard, Investing in Scotland’s infrastructure Thank you for your letter of 15 November 2023 regarding the Auditor General’s briefing paper ‘Investing in Scotland’s Infrastructure’.