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A core element of creating the NCS is that the Scottish Ministers will be ultimately accountable for social care support, as they are already accountable for health services.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 September 2025
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Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2022
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the general reporting ground (which includes minor drafting errors and failures to follow proper drafting ...
Other grounds:
ground (c) – (where the instrument has retrospective effect where the parent statute confers no express authority so to provide);
ground (d) – (unjustifiable delay in publication or laying);
ground (h) – (clarity of form or meaning); and
the general reporting ground (which includes minor drafting errors and failures to follow proper drafting practice)
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He also suggested that the sifting process in the Continuity Bill was preferable to the one set out in the EUW Bill to apply to the laying of instruments in the UK Parliament.
The intention was always to establish the commission at the same time as the laying of the final plan, which is why the timescale is for those sections of the 2022 act to come into effect at the same time.
However, as I noted in my letter of 18 January 2023, I am mindful of parliamentary accountabilities, where the UK Government is accountable to the UK Parliament for its tax and spending decisions.
Before I invite comments from members on whether the breach of the 28-day rule was appropriate, does the committee agree to report the instrument on reporting ground (j) for failure to lay it in accordance with laying requirements under the Interpretation and Legislative Reform (Scotland) Act 2010?