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Petition Summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to require the police and court services to check address information is up to date when issuing court summons and allow those being summoned the chance to receive a summons if their address has changed, rather than the current system of proceeding to issue a warrant for arr...
Committee reports
Date published:
13 September 2023
In addition to this, the Committee noted that parts of the framework appeared to be "out of date or unfinished". Alongside questions on the status of the framework, international obligations, Northern Ireland considerations and the Internal Market Bill (now the UK Internal Market Act 2020), the Committee queried the role of the UK Parliament and devolved le...
In its consideration of the revised powers in the Bill, the Committee noted that during Stage 2 proceedings, the Deputy First Minister said that the consultation revisions:
...give effect to the commitment that I made to the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee to examine the matter, following its suggestion that consultation with health boards should be required before regulations altering the expiry date...
Key dates and documents
The Scottish Government introduced the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill (‘the Bill’) on 18 June 2020.
The reasons for not complying with the 28-day rule are outlined in a letter from the Scottish Government to the Presiding Officer dated 27 June 2019. This correspondence is reproduced in Annex A.
There is a discrepancy between the claims of Scottish employers and others who claim the Scottish labour market is distinct from the rest of the UK with more shortages, and the limited range of occupations the MAC has to date included in its Scotland specific shortage list.