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In reflecting on our engagement work to date, we want to highlight the importance of providing opportunities for witnesses to speak freely with Committee Members.
John Mason: To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether members' annual reports can be delivered after 4 February 2022 and, if not, what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
John Mason: To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether members' annual reports can be delivered after 4 February 2022 and, if not, what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
Although the report was published only recently, the data that the Auditor General based the report on dates back to progress at an earlier point in the autumn, as you will see in the report.
On the slightly later commencement date, at the end of June, of the provisions regarding market-rent-only leases and rent assessment and review, the issue of implementation has been raised with me as a clear concern.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2023
The Minister gave a commitment that he would do his best to keep Parliament up to date and explained why, in this case, the Scottish Government was content with the Secretary of State legislating in devolved matters.
In a letter to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee dated 29 September 2023, the Minister for Energy and the Environment, Gillian Martin MSP, confirmed that discussions were ongoing about an exclusion for glue traps.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether members of the advisory group, which must be established as per section 29 of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020, will be paid, and, if so, who will set the level of pay.