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The main issues have been:
how to ensure Consumer Scotland works collaboratively with the wide range of stakeholders with an interest in consumer issues
how to define vulnerable consumers
whether the activities of Consumer Scotland should cover small businesses
how to ensure the work of Consumer Scotland takes into account environmental and wellbeing conce...
Annex 3: OHCHR Key Messages on Human Rights and Climate Change
To mitigate climate change and to prevent its negative human rights impacts
To ensure that all persons have the necessary capacity to adapt to climate change
To ensure accountability and effective remedy for human rights harms caused by climate change
To mobilize maximum available resources for...
Through its scrutiny of the AGS’s reports, the Committee helps to ensure that public funds are spent wisely and holds to account those who are charged with spending taxpayers' money.
The main issues going into Stage 3 are:
whether adjustments need to be made to the formula for calculating the discount rate to account for the risk of under- or over-compensation;
how to ensure the voice of the pursuer is heard in court decisions to require periodical payments; and
how to balance flexibility and certainty when making provision for periodic...
Central, Trading and General Fund Housing
The remaining areas of General Fund services that generate income from fees and charges to service users account for a relatively small proportion of all fees and charges income.
The Promoter's Memorandum indicates that it would be possible not to amend the definition of actuary in the 1982 Act since there is a principle of statutory interpretation which allows legislation to be construed in a way which takes into account changes since that legislation came into force.
The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) both suggested in written evidence provided to the Committee that there should be provision in the Bill regarding the monitoring of outcomes.
Part 1 will establish a reclaim fund, which will collect assets from dormant accounts—that is, accounts that have seen no activity from the account holder for 15 years.