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For example, on 24 September 2019, speaking in the Scottish Parliament, Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External Affairs, Michael Russell MSP, stated that:
All such frameworks must be agreed, not imposed, and they must recognise and respect devolution.
Retrieved from http://www.cosla.gov.uk/system/files/private/fairfundingforessentialservices2019-20.pdf [accessed 21 June 2019]Having explored the impact that ring-fenced grants have on the overall local government settlement, and received requests for this specific information from MSPs, SPICe explored this data further as part of its 2019-20 Budget analysi...
Consideration by the Justice Committee
Ash Denham MSP, the Minister for Community Safety lodged motion S5M‑16769 proposing that the Justice Committee recommends approval of the instrument.
That statement was 10 months ago, but we are no clearer on when those next steps will take place, despite attempts from MSPs of various parties to secure some clarity.
That was a significant step, because, first and foremost, PLOs are MSPs, which is why it would be wrong of the Parliament to come up with a situation in which a set of back-bench MSPs were not allowed to ask questions.
During the passage of the bill, we engaged with MSPs across parties and we carried out a full public consultation to gather views on how to create the right exemptions from rent controls.
Does the member not think that it is the duty of the 129 MSPs to be here or watching online? We cannot just make excuses because some MSPs fancy an afternoon off on a Thursday.
Does the member not think that it is the duty of the 129 MSPs to be here or watching online? We cannot just make excuses because some MSPs fancy an afternoon off on a Thursday.