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The Committee's approach has been designed to ensure that the Parliament would be able to hold MSPs to account if they behaved inappropriately towards individuals external to the Parliament - such as members of the public, constituents or CPG members for example - who they had come in to contact with while performing their Parliamentary duties.
The Committee has sought to examine the impact of aspects of this Bill in a balanced and fair way, taking into account the full range of evidence it heard.
Market-sensitive statistics include information about GDP, retail sales, Quarterly National Accounts Scotland and Government Expenditure and Revenue Scotland (GERS).
The original LCM stated that the Scottish Government could not recommend consent at that time due to ongoing discussions with the UK Government regarding how regulations to be developed should take account of distinct governance arrangements in Scotland.iLegislative Consent Memorandum Medicines and Medical Devices Bill
Following a positive conclusion to the...
They stated that it “is necessary, sensible and pragmatic to ensure that these powers are available for a sufficient period of time to take account of the timescales for progress so far [in agreeing the future UK-EU relationship], and to recognise EU law has a development cycle that can take some years.”
Committee reports
Date published:
7 September 2020
The purpose of the instrument as listed in the policy note is to 'amend the Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 2005 (“the 2005 Act”), the Protection of Charities Assets (Exemption) (Scotland) Order 2006 (“the 2006 Order”) and the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (Economy, efficiency and effectiveness examinations) (Specified ...
This part of the briefing looks at:
weaknesses with the current JMC arrangements
a new concordat on competition policy issues
development of technical capacity in competition issues in Scotland
enhancing democratic accountability in competition matters.
As an organisation that receives public funds, Sportscotland falls to be held accountable by the Health and Sport Committee scrutiny in relation to their performance, value for money and meeting of objectives.
No points raised
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform
Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/121)
Justice
Act of Sederunt (Simple Procedure Amendment) (Civil Online) 2019 (SSI 2019/122)
Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Views of the Child) 2019 (SSI 2019/12...
Section 30 of the Act states that local authorities must take account of the views of the carer when assessing the needs of a cared for person, in so far as it is reasonable and practicable to do so.