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Overview of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 15 June 2017. The lead Committee is the Equalities and Human Rights Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 September 2017
Paul Kettles of Perth and Kinross Council said that a standard fee would be a good idea. However, Mark McDonald MSP disagreed, noting—
I ensured that local authorities had the opportunity to set their fees because I did not believe that a simple centralised fees system was the right way to go.
As the agency is part of the Scottish Government it does not require any legislation to establish it or set out its functions.
On 27 April 2017, Jeane Freeman MSP, the Social Security Minister, announced1Scottish Government. (2017, April 27).
Objectives and Content of the Bill
The Forestry and Land Management Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing MSP, on 10 May 2017. The Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is lead committee on this Bill.
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Unless MSPs and councillors understand what is happening, we will not get the level of leadership that we need to ensure that this issue, which is probably the most important thing that humanity faces, is right up there, where it needs to be.
For many years, however, constituents have been contacting me—and other MSPs, as I know—about both the lack of engineers and the lack of connectivity to switch an RTS meter to a smart meter.