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The Minister agreed that these were important matters, but suggested that they could be dealt with through the content of the statutory guidance provided for in the Bill. These amendments were pre-empted.
Jeremy Balfour MSP lodged an amendment that would require Ministers to specifically fund pupils in receipt of the Child Disability Payment.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 September 2025
They must further notify the police if this information changes.
There is a pre-existing requirement in regulations made under section 86 of the 2003 Act that relevant Scottish offenders must notify the police when they intend to leave and return from the UK.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
However, given that the Bill creates powers exercisable for the long term, the Committee seeks clarification from the Scottish Government as to how this commitment can be guaranteed and whether a suitable amendment to the Bill would help underwrite that commitment.In any case, pre-legislative engagement is no guarantee that the subordinate legislation final...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 February 2024
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After giving oral evidence to the Committee, the Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care was invited to set out in further detail what value the proposed National Care Service principles add to pre-existing standards as enacted through human rights legislation.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 February 2024
They suggested that the Bill as introduced would otherwise create uncertainty regarding what training would consist of and whether it would cover pre-employment training, continuous professional development (CPD), undergraduate studies, or pathways for the future addressing some of the critical workforce issues affecting the profession.
Probably the most important part of the process that informs our plan for young people is the formulation, which involves looking at all aspects of a child’s life from pre-birth to where they are now. The process involves all relevant parties, including the child and anyone who can contribute information about them.
The Committee considered that while a commitment to engage with stakeholders is an element of good governance, a formal requirement to consult as a pre-requisite to subordinate legislation being made would ensure the appropriate consultation takes place.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 December 2021
EROs are already stretched to their limits in the pre-election period. An additional duty to produce a free Voter ID card would add to their responsibilities and would again need to be adequately resourced.
The deficiency correcting exercise is the process by which changes were made to retained EU law so that it would function effectively as domestic law in the UK.
If EU law as it was written pre-exit was simply copied and pasted into domestic law, then it wouldn’t work properly.
In making these recommendations, the Committee makes due reference to the broadly similar conclusions previously reached as part of a pre-budget scrutiny exercise in 2018 on investment to support Clyde and Hebrides ferries services and, prior to that, in the 2008 report on ferry services published by its predecessor, the Transport, Infrastructure and Climat...