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Overview of the Bill
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, on 23 April 2020. The lead committee is the Justice Committee.
Conclusion
Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Children and Young People, moved:
S5M-23665—That the Education and Skills Committee recommends that the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2020 [draft] be approved.
Overview of the Bill
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, on 23 April 2020. The lead committee is the Justice Committee.
Overview of the Bill
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, John Swinney MSP, on 12 June 2019.
The Bill's purpose is to reform the system of disclosure of criminal records administered by the Scottish Government through their executive agency Disclosure Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 September 2019
Justice Committee consideration
The Minister for Community Safety, Ash Denham MSP, lodged motion S5M‑18220 proposing that the Justice Committee recommends approval of the instrument.
COSLA felt that increasing the frequency of statutory reporting would place additional requirements on local government, which could potentially take resources away from front line services.
Deputy Convener Alex Rowley MSP did not accept these concerns. He lodged amendment 82 changing the reporting period from 5 years to 3, and this was agreed by the major...
Bills and laws
Draft proposal date:
20 February 2019
Background to the Charter
During Stage 3 of the Social Security (Scotland) Bill, Pauline McNeill MSP put forward a successful amendment that required the Social Security Charter to be approved by the Scottish Parliament.