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Official Report
Meeting date:
1 September 2021
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 01 September 2021
Scotland and fine food were far from synonymous, except to a very few who were in the know. The vast bulk of our best produce went straight to the kitchens of some of the best hotels and restaurants around the world, as we allowed the “stack it high and sell it low” principle to take hold of our own diet.
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5 February 2025
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They provided information requested in the format, and using the assumptions (including around inflation), that best reflected their existing operational planning assumptions. 47.
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5 February 2025
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They provided information requested in the format, and using the assumptions (including around inflation), that best reflected their existing operational planning assumptions. 47.
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18 December 2024
Research report on the impact of the UKs exit from membership of the EU on law enforcement and judic
. It is recommended that the Criminal Justice Committee write to the Chief Constable of Police Scotland to emphasise the need for training across all of Police Scotland, so officers know when and how to use the available tools to obtain assistance from law enforcement overseas and how to best utilise Joint Investigation Teams.
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10 June 2024
Age of Criminal Responsibility Scotland Bill as Passed
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Bill 17 Part 4—Police investigatory and other powers Chapter 1—Emergency place of safety 179C Decision by Principal Reporter following request under section 179A (1) The Principal Reporter may comply with a request made under section 179A(3) only if satisfied— (a) that the provision of the information would not be detrimental to the best 5 interests of the child mentioned in section 179A(1) (or any other child), and (b) having regard to the factors mentioned in subsection (2), that it is appropriate in the circumstances of the case to provide the information. (2) The factors are— 10 (a) the age of the child mentioned in section 179A(1), (b) the seriousness of the offence or, as the case may be, the action or behaviour mentioned in section 179A(1)(a)(ii), (c) the circumstances in which the offence or action or behaviour took place, (d) the effect that the offence or the action or behaviour has had on the 15 person mentioned in section 179A(4)(a) or, as the case may be, section 179A(4)(b), and (e) such other factors as the Principal Reporter considers appropriate. (3) The Principal Reporter must not, in providing information under subsection (1), provide any more information than is necessary to inform the person who 20 made the request of the action taken in relation to the offence or, as the case may be, the action or behaviour mentioned in section 179A(1)(a)(ii).”. (2) In section 68 (determination under section 66: no referral to a children’s hearing) of the 2011 Act, after subsection (3) insert— “(3A) The Principal Reporter may not, under subsection (3)(b), provide information to 25 a person who is entitled to request that information under section 179A(3).”. (3) Section 53 of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 is repealed.
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20 December 2023
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Investment 20 16 Power of investment (1) The trustees have the power to make any kind of investment of trust property, including an investment in heritable property, except in so far as— (a) the trust deed, expressly or by implication, provides otherwise, or (b) in a case where there is no trust deed, the context requires or implies otherwise. 25 (2) The power to act under subsection (1)— (a) is subject to any restriction or exclusion imposed by or under any enactment, and (b) is not conferred on trustees— (i) of an authorised unit trust, or (ii) under any other trust who are entitled by or under another enactment to 30 make investments of trust property. (3) A term— (a) relating to the powers of a trustee and contained in a trust deed executed before 3rd August 1961, or (b) restricting the powers of investment of a trustee to those conferred by the Trustee 35 and contained in a trust deed executed on or after that date, Investments Act 1961 is not to be treated as restricting or excluding the power to act under subsection (1). 11 Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Trusts Chapter 3—Powers and duties of trustees (4) The reference, in paragraph (b) of subsection (3), to a trustee does not include a reference to a trustee under a trust constituted by a private or local Act of Parliament or a private Act of the Scottish Parliament; and in that paragraph “trust deed” is to be construed accordingly. 5 (5) In this section, “authorised unit trust” means a unit trust scheme in the case of which an order under section 243 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 is in force. (6) This section applies irrespective of when the trust was created. 17 Exercise of power of investment (1) Before acting under section 16(1) the trustees— 10 (a) are to have regard to— 1 (i) the suitability to the trust of the proposed investment, and (ii) the need for diversification of investments of the trust in so far as is appropriate to the circumstances of the trust, and (b) are (except where subsection (3) applies) to obtain and consider proper advice 15 about the way in which the power in question should be exercised. (2) When reviewing the investments of the trust, the trustees are (except where subsection (3) applies) to obtain and consider proper advice about whether the investments should be varied. (3) If the trustees reasonably conclude that in all the circumstances it is unnecessary or 20 inappropriate to obtain such advice, they need not obtain it. (4) In this section, “proper advice” means the advice of a person who is reasonably believed by the trustees, on the basis of the person’s— (a) ability, and (b) practical experience of financial and other matters relating to the proposed 25 investment, to be qualified to give it. (5) This section applies irrespective of when the trust was created. 17A Exercise of power of investment: further provision (1) For the purposes of section 17(1) and (2), where two or more proposed investments are 30 suitable for the trust, the trustees may (except in so far as the trust deed, expressly or by implication provides otherwise) take into account appropriate non-financial considerations in determining which investment to make. (2) An appropriate non-financial consideration may be (either or both)— (a) a consideration that one investment is more consistent with the purposes of the 35 trust than the other investment, (b) an ethical, social or environmental consideration. 12 Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Trusts Chapter 3—Powers and duties of trustees (3) This section— (a) does not apply as respects a trust created before the section comes into force, and (b) is without prejudice to any other power of trustees to take into account non-financial considerations in relation to determining investments. 5 Sale of property 17B Charitable trusts: sale of property (1) Except in so far as the trust deed expressly or by implication provides otherwise, the trustees of a charitable trust are not under a duty to achieve best...
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19 December 2023
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Section 17B provides that the trustees of a charitable trust are not under a duty to achieve the best value for heritable property (for example, housing) when selling to a separate charitable trust.
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14 November 2023
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Sale of property 35 17B Charitable trusts: sale of property For the avoidance of doubt, the trustees of a charitable trust are not under a duty to achieve best value when selling trust property where— 12 Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Trusts Chapter 3—Powers and duties of trustees (a) the property being sold is heritable property, and (b) the ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 February 2015
Welfare Reform Committee 03 February 2015
What we are going to agree is that we need to do something about it, which is best achieved by everyone working together.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 January 2013
Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 23 January 2013
As I have already said, I am not yet convinced that that is always best achieved through the laying of an annual report or having a duty that exists in perpetuity.
