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To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its guidance on the proposed phasing out of cages for laying hens. The Scottish Government consulted in 2024 on proposals to phase out the use of cages for laying hens.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 December 2023
Section 3 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Act 2022 (“the Act”) sets out the requirement to lay the proposed national Good Food Nation Plan before the Scottish Parliament.
Yes—it takes time, through the administrative processes, for the money to get into bank accounts, but such money will never get into the bank accounts of businesses in other parts of the UK, because it is not available.
Specifically, the Law Society considers that there has been a watering down of the level of legal and accountancy knowledge that is required for the roles of accountant and deputy accountant.
The Scottish Civil Service Code contains its own provisions and notes that civil servants are accountable to Scottish Ministers, who are in turn accountable to the Scottish Parliament.
As a result of this, sections 19, 21 and 22 of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 will apply to Consumer Scotland, meaning that it must prepare, lay and arrange auditing of its accounts in line with that Act.