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A new human rights framework for Scotland
Nicki Georghiou, Senior Researcher, Equalities and Human Rights
The previous Scottish Government announced on Friday 12 March that, subject to the outcome of the election, a new Human Rights Bill will be introduced in Session 6.
This work has continued into this academic year. In March 2021, we heard from Young Advisers from the office of the Children and Young People's Commissioner.
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2021-22/pages/2/" target="_blank">https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-budget-2021-22/pages/2/</a> [accessed 12 March 2021] The impact of the 2021-2022 budget on inequalities was assessed by the Scottish Government.
Letter to the Convener from Colin Cook, Director Digital, Scottish Government, 23 March 2021.
Read the Correspondence.
Key Audit Themes Managing ICT Projects Report response.
That consultation has not yet taken place, however, the Scottish Government launched a consultation in December 2020 focusing on potential improvements to the legal complaints system.
In March 2020, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its research report into certain aspects of the Scottish legal services sector.
The Committee considered these proposed rule changes at its meetings on 25 February and 11 March 2021. This report provides an explanation for both of these rule changes in turn.
Registers of Scotland (Fees) Amendment Order 2021 [draft]
The Committee took evidence from Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Innovation and Public Finance at its meeting on 2 March 2021. The Committee considered the following Scottish Draft Statutory Instrument—
Registers of Scotland (Fees) Amendment Order 2021 [draft]
The Official Report will be available h...
It amends provisions contained in four SSIs concerning the marketing of agricultural seed, fruit and vegetative plant propagating material and forest reproductive material that were made in anticipation of the UK withdrawing from the European Union in March 2019.
This instrument has been laid under the negative procedure and has been categorised by the Scot...
Committee reports
Date published:
16 September 2020
The Policy Note states that —
"the purpose of the instrument is to amend the expiry date of Part 1 of the Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020 and the Coronavirus (Scotland) (No.2) Act 2020 from 30 September 2020 to 31 March 2021".
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform (‘DPLR’) Committee reported on this instrument on 1 September 2020 and had no points to raise.