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The Committee's Twitter account increased its use of short clips taken from Committee business, highlighting key contributors and allowing evidence to be shared directly with followers.
11 such clips were shared on Twitter.
Conclusion
The Committee welcomes the elevation of FGM guidance to statutory level, and asks the Scottish Government to take account of the evidence it has heard as to what the guidance might include.
The Committee determined that it did not need to draw the attention of the Parliament to the delegated powers in the following provisions:
Section 2 – Functions
Section 7 – Effect of a code
Section 9 – Bringing a code into effect
Section 21 – Accounts and audit
Section 26 – Ancillary provision
Section 28 – Commencement
The Committee therefore reports t...
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