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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.
This arrangement also prevents an officeholder’s budget baseline increasing due to one-off costs in any given financial year. 4. Contingency funding may be requested for costs such as defending legal actions, IT projects and for temporary staff cover for maternity absences etc. 5.
If that motion is agreed to, debate on the groups above the line must be concluded by the time indicated, although the amendments in those groups may still be moved formally and disposed of later in the proceedings.
Are we agreed? Members indicated agreement. It may be a disappointment in some senses, but that is sometimes the way that these things fall, I am afraid.
It is generally acknowledged that the May 2012 Scottish local government elections were well run, which is why we are making only relatively minor changes to the rules that will be used for next May’s elections.
We must ensure that barriers to access are removed or minimised. Some victims may not be aware of the self-referral service or of how to access help, and may even be unaware that what they have experienced is a crime.