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Last updated: 2 September 2024

Budget 2025 to 2026 Cab Sec Social 12 August 2024

The Scottish Government will continue to work closely with the Scottish Parliament to agree a date for the new Scottish Budget following the UK Government’s confirmation of the date for its next fiscal event.
Last updated: 30 March 2023

PE2009_A

They generally require students to: • Be ordinarily resident in Scotland on the relevant date (the relevant date is the 1 August for Autumn start courses; ordinary residence can be described as habitual or normal residence, by choice, over a period of time in one place and does not include residence solely for the purposes of education). • Have been ordinarily resident in the UK and Islands for 3 years immediately prior to the relevant date. • Be settled in the UK within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 (for example, be a UK national or otherwise have a right to stay in the UK without time restriction, for example ‘Indefinite Leave to Remain’).
Last updated: 4 April 2022

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The Bureau noted that motions to approve the following SSIs would be taken in the Chamber during the week commencing Monday 21 March with the exact date confirmed later by correspondence: • Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/40) • Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (Directions by Local Authorities) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/Draft) • Coronavirus (Scotland) Acts (Amendment of Expiry Dates) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/Draft) PB/S6/22/MINS/10 Stephen Kerr and Neil Bibby reserved their party’s positions on all of these SSIs. 8.
Last updated: 10 June 2024

Revised Explanatory Notes Limitation Childhood Abuse Scotland Bill

It will then run from the date of knowledge or from the date that, in the opinion of the court, it would have been reasonably practicable for the pursuer to have become aware of those facts.
Last updated: 10 June 2024

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It will then run from the date of knowledge or from the date that, in the opinion of the court, it would have been reasonably practicable for the pursuer to have become aware of those facts.
Last updated: 3 March 2026

SPBill70CS062026

European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill [AS APPROVED AT RECONSIDERATION STAGE] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to incorporate in Scots law the European Charter of Local Self-Government, and for connected purposes. 1 The Charter Articles (1) In this Act, “the Charter Articles” means Articles 2 to 11 of the European Charter of 5 Local Self-Government which was opened for signature by the Council of Europe on 15 October 1985. (2) The Charter Articles are set out in the schedule. (2A) For the purposes of this Act, the Charter Articles are to be read subject to any reservations, objections, interpretative declarations, undertakings, notifications or 10 denunciations by the United Kingdom as may be in force from time to time. 1 (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend this Act to reflect amending or additional protocols to the Charter that have been signed by the United Kingdom (whether before or after the coming into force of this section). 2 Duty to act compatibly with the Charter Articles 15 (1) The Scottish Ministers must ensure that any action they take in exercise of a relevant function is compatible with the Charter Articles (but see subsection (2B)). (2) In subsection (1), a “relevant function” means a function that— (a) is within devolved competence (within the meaning of section 54 of the Scotland Act 1998), and 20 (aa) is conferred by— (i) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (ii) a Scottish statutory instrument originally made wholly under a relevant enabling power, (iii) a provision in a Scottish statutory instrument originally made partly under 25 a relevant enabling power, provided that the provision itself was either— (A) originally made under the relevant enabling power, or SP Bill 70C Session 5 (2026) 2 European Charter of Local Self-Government (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (B) inserted into the instrument by an Act of the Scottish Parliament or subordinate legislation made under a relevant enabling power, or (iv) a rule of law not created by an enactment. (2A) In subsection (2), “relevant enabling power” means a power to make subordinate 5 legislation conferred by a provision in an enactment of a kind mentioned in that subsection, unless the provision was inserted by an enactment of a kind that is not mentioned in that subsection. (2B) The Scottish Ministers do not fail to comply with subsection (1) by taking an action in exercise of a relevant function which is incompatible with the Charter Articles if they 10 were required or entitled to take the incompatible action by words that— 1 (a) are not contained in an enactment of a kind mentioned in subsection (2)(aa), or (b) are contained in such an enactment having been inserted into it by an enactment of a kind that is not mentioned in subsection (2)(aa). (2C) For the purposes of this section— 15 (a) “function” includes the making of subordinate legislation but does not include the preparation or introduction of, or the exercise of other functions in relation to, a Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (b) a function conferred by words inserted by one enactment into another enactment (“the modified enactment”) is to be regarded as conferred only by the modified 20 enactment, (c) a failure to act (including a failure to make subordinate legislation) is to be treated as the taking of action. 3 Duty to promote local self-government (1) The Scottish Ministers must— 25 (a) keep under consideration whether there are any steps which they could take which would or might safeguard and reinforce local self-government and increase the autonomy of local authorities, and (b) if they consider it appropriate to do so, take any of the steps identified by that consideration. 30 (2) The Scottish Ministers must, in accordance with subsection (3), lay before the Scottish Parliament and publish a report of— (a) the steps they have taken, or plan to take, by the date...
Last updated: 29 September 2025

Conveners Group Meeting Papers 27 April 2022

The Group would be provided with an update from officials prior to summer recess. 3. The legislative consent process for UK Parliament Bills: The Group discussed delays to the lodging of legislative consent memorandums (LCMs) by the Scottish Government, and the detrimental impact this has on committee scrutiny.
Last updated: 18 August 2023

Minutes of the meeting held on 14 June 2023

Circulate update on actions under National Development Plan for Crofting. Agenda item 7 Date Of Next Meeting After summer recess, September, date TBC 10 pdf. minutes CPG Crofting 14 June 2023. application/pdf. 170251.
Last updated: 17 May 2023

Chamber_Minutes_20230517

Graham Simpson moved amendment S6M-08954.2— As an amendment to motion S6M-08954 in the name of Alex Rowley (Access to Bus Services), insert at end “; further calls on the Scottish Government to set out in detail how it plans to achieve its 20% car kilometre reduction target by 2030, and calls on the Scottish Government to publish its Fair Fares Review before summer recess 2023.” After debate, the amendment was disagreed to ((DT) by division: For 53, Against 64, Abstentions 0).
Last updated: 31 March 2023

AGS Draft Work Programme to PAC 30 Mar 2023

Work being undertaken across the UK by the Centre for Homelessness Impact on the impact and cost of temporary accommodation for homeless families would complement our work by providing a wider narrative of one element of the cost of homelessness. 12 In the pipeline: April 2023 to March 2025 Areas of focus Area of focus Latest plans Infrastructure We are preparing briefing publishing after summer recess 2023 which describes the challenges and risks and investment facing the Scottish Government’s capital investment plans and how it is prioritising investments.

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