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I appreciate that the legal briefing says that the requirement is in the Scotland Act 1998, but what is the rationale for Treasury consent in the circumstance of the regulations?
We are working with bus operators to pay for and install new electronic ticketing machines with smart-card readers on all buses in Scotland. I would have thought that Mr Ewing would welcome that.
We plan to be able to award the first grants by the autumn and have so far identified 20 developments around Scotland where we intend to use the scheme.
We should advise the petitioner in writing that the committee, in addition to considering the Council Tax Abolition and Service Tax Introduction (Scotland) Bill, will consider the outcome of the independent review in due course.
Will the Scottish Executive rise to the challenge that is set by Diabetes UK Scotland in its action today, health tomorrow campaign to establish equitable access to an effective retinal screening programme for all people with diabetes?
We have seen the petition before and we agreed that it would be best to consider it alongside the Family Law (Scotland) Bill. In view of that, the recommendation is that we keep the petition open and consider it at stage 1 of the bill.
Gaelic Language (Scotland) Bill: as amended at Stage 2 The second item under our delegated powers scrutiny is the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Bill, as amended at stage 2.
That is why we asked the Sentencing Commission for Scotland to review the use of bail and remand as its first priority; the commission's recommendations were published on 5 April.