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Similarly, the proposal that rent suspension orders could also be used may be effective, and again the Committee asks the Scottish Government to respond to that.xMeghan Gallacher MSP and Alexander Stewart MSP dissented from this recommendation.
Introduction
At its meeting on 16 ApriliAlexander Stewart MSP substituted for Tim Eagle MSP, the Committee considered the following instrument under its remit and agreed to draw it to the attention of the Parliament:
Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment (Denmark) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/101)
The Committee...
The Cabinet Sectary for Social Justice, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, said the Bill would amend the powers and duties of Scottish Ministers to provide support and assistance to victims and potential victims of human trafficking under the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015.
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Communications to constituency or regional MSPs: the exemption applies when a communication is directed towards a constituency or regional Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) representing the area where the person or organisation's activities are ordinarily conducted.
The following changes to Committee membership occurred during the course of this parliamentary year—
On 22 September 2022, Graham Simpson MSP replaced Alexander Burnett MSP.
However, consideration was largely dominated by amendments introduced by John Finnie MSP, and supported by the Scottish Government, which would grant local authorities a discretionary power to introduce a Workplace Parking Levy.
However, the Bill was amended again at Stage 3 to reverse this change. MSPs were persuaded that lawyers may not be prepared to take on complex future loss cases under a damages-based agreement unless their remuneration was increased in this way.
Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill
Bill Number: SP Bill 61
Introduced on: 2 December 2019
Introduced by: Humza Yousaf MSP (Government Bill)
Passed: 2 March 2021
Royal Assent: 21 April 2021
Passage of the Bill
The Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Billwas introduced on 2 December 2019.
Social Security Administration and Tribunal Membership (Scotland) Bill
Bill Number: SP Bill 68
Introduced on: 27 April 2020
Introduced by: Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP (Government Bill)
Passed: 29 September 2020
Royal Assent: 10 November 2020
Passage of the Bill
The Bill had a truncated parliamentary timetable.
Deputy First Minister, John Swinney MSP, has responsibility at Cabinet level for cross-government delivery of ‘The Promise’ to care experienced young people.