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However, the article in The Scotsman states:"He told The Scotsman after the committee session ended: ‘Pre-emptive right-to-buy for farm tenants will definitely be in that bill.'"
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
Law Society of Scotland and Dr Hamish Patrick
Transitional provisions / interaction with pre-existing contracts
A range of responses raised the need for more clarity on how the legislation will apply to existing contracts.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 November 2025
Compatibility with UNCRC
Part 1 of the Bill, which makes provision for a child to object to their withdrawal from RO/RME, does so by way of an amendment to the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 ("the 1980 Act"). The 1980 Act is a pre-devolution Act of the UK Parliament.
While devolved institutions have the powers to establish separate emissions trading schemes, the framework states that the parties agreed to establish a UK-wide scheme for an initial period of ten years with pre-agreed review periods. Within the framework, the benefits of this UK-wide scheme are given as:
A UK-wide system, rather than separate national sche...
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"Scotland always had a distinct system of government in the form of the pre-devolution Scottish Office...
Mark Brough said that bids have already been made for the pre-summer debate slots, so we should wait to discuss the slots that we might bid for until just before the summer recess.I have made some lengthy observations in my paper about work on sustainable development.
To some extent, the Scotland Act 1998 left a hole in respect of how private legislation and bills such as works bills should be handled. Pre-devolution, the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936 allowed a provisional order to be laid.
That is all part of the on-going process by which we determine best value in procurement. We also have pre-expenditure assessments that would help us to make a judgment on the sustainability of any purchases.
I am thinking of my own local authority, Renfrewshire, which is in receipt of the Gaelic-specific grant but does not use it for pre-school, primary or secondary provision or, as far as I am aware, for the promotion of Gaelic among adult learners.