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The Public Audit Committee looks at reports published by the Auditor General for Scotland to examine whether public money is being spent efficiently and effectively.
On 14 March 2023, the Auditor General for Scotland published the 2021/22 audit of Ferguson Marine Port Glasgow (Holdings) Limited.
Drug deaths were declared a public health emergency following a unanimous decision in the Scottish Parliament on 18 March 2021.iMeeting of the Parliament, Thursday, March 18, 2021, Official Report.
Drug deaths were declared a public health emergency following a unanimous decision in the Scottish Parliament on 18 March 2021.iMeeting of the Parliament, Thursday, March 18, 2021, Official Report.
Drug deaths were declared a public health emergency following a unanimous decision in the Scottish Parliament on 18 March 2021.iMeeting of the Parliament, Thursday, March 18, 2021, Official Report.[1] Subsequently, the Criminal Justice Committee held a roundtable evidence session on problem drug use on 27 October 202...
The latter has indicated it does not believe it can move forward with further reviews of areas and electoral arrangements until the process has been changed.iiStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee, Official Report, 28 March 2024, Col 4
The independent review established by the Government was tasked with focusing on automaticity.
Proposed amendments
Various amendments relating to parole, lodged by Jamie Greene MSP and Sharon Dowey MSP, were considered at the Criminal Justice Committee's meeting on 19 March 2025.1Scottish Parliament. (2025, March 19).
That meant that six to 10 crews were kept aside for that potential increase when they could have been deployed for a hospital appointment, for example.1Scottish Parliament. (2024, March 28). Official Report of the Public Audit Committee.
There has been some discussion of the policy behind this restriction during scrutiny in the UK Parliament; with the suggestion that it is part of a balancing act in terms of how far the legislature should go in overruling the courts (e.g. see comments of the Secretary of State for Business and Trade during the House of Commons debate on 20 March 2024, at col 957).3UK Parliament. (2024, March 20).
Scrutiny sessions by Parliamentary committees
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 22 February 2024
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 23 March 2023
Reports by Audit Scotland
Annual Audit Report for the Scottish Information Commissioner Financial year ended 31 March 2023
Budget...