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Introduction
The Absent Voting (Elections in Scotland and Wales) Bill is a Private Members Bill introduced in the House of Commons by Tracy Gilbert MP on 16 October 2024. The Bill was considered at Committee stage in the House of Commons on 11 June 2025.
MSP Staff
Number of MSP staff (as at 31 March 2024)These figures are based on head count as opposed to full time equivalent.TotalMaleFemale% Male% FemaleSNP33013819242%58%Con177997856%44%Lab107485945%55%Green52252748%52%LD26141254%46%Alba52340%60%MSP Staff69732637147%53%Percentages rounded to nearest whole number
Introduction
At its meetings on 5 March and 16 ApriliAlexander Stewart MSP substituted for Tim Eagle MSP 2024, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the delegated powers contained in the Scottish Languages Bill ("the Bill") at Stage 1.
They were proposed in the debate that I led in March 2024, by the Educational Institute of Scotland in its November 2023 report, and recently by teachers themselves.
They found that “reaching agreed text for communiques can be a slow and ‘often painful’ process.”9 Professor Nicola McEwen and Dr Coree Brown Swan. (2024). The Scottish Government-Scottish Parliament Written Agreement on Intergovernmental Relations: Still Fit for Purpose?.
Evidence suggests the type of weight being lost with GLP-1 could be different to calorie restriction alone, with a disproportionate loss of muscle (measured by decreases in fat-free mass)6Prado, C.M. (2024). Muscle matters: the effects of medically induced weight loss on skeletal muscle.