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To enable the swift isions, the UK Government has tabled amendments to implementation of these prov the Bill to provide that pre-commencement consultation satisfies the requirement to onsult under this clause.
This provides additional transparency as requested by the committee and by organisations such as Audit Scotland, whilst also providing greater certainty for our boards on their funding provision. In his pre-budget scrutiny response to the committee, the Cabinet Secretary set out some of those areas of increased baselining, with further detail provided below...
. • The development would radically change the character of Clyne township and negatively impact neighbouring crofts, making them undesirable places to live. • OPD Energy had a pre-planning consultation with the Planning Department (not disclosed to the public) and subsequently lodged their proposal for "land 65 meters north of 181 Clyne with no mention tha...
Registration of Interest and Right to Buy The SLC is supportive of the Bill’s powers to amend the registration process for the pre- emptive right to buy and by implication support for there being a registration process, which we welcome.
We noted recommended, as part of its previous pre-budget Carnegie UK’s oral evidence to FPAC on 17 September that “… aligning budgets with and budget scrutiny and previous scrutiny of the national outcomes is not straightforward, and lots of countries that are trying to do that are NPF, that the Scottish Government should wrestling with it.”
I can also confirm that I am exploring amendments to embed choice for adults who are deemed vulnerable witnesses as to whether they pre-record their evidence or give their evidence at trial.
The Committee considered an LCM from the Scottish Government in relation to the Bill at its meeting on 30 April 2024. 4. As part of our pre-emptive scrutiny of the anticipated lodging of an LCM, we wrote to Scottish stakeholders about the content of the amendments lodged on 17 April.