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In correspondence from the Allowances Office on 28 March 2023 – before the £3000 payment was authorised – the transfer of monies in the manner proposed was described to him as a claim.
The Bill was paused and then subsequently introduced again in the House of Commons on 8 March 2023. The provisions in the Bill relate principally to reserved matters, however, a few aspects of the Bill relate to matters that are devolved in Scotland.
It further notes that the outstanding Scotland-wide balance as of 31 March 2022 was ?16.9 billion and that loan repayments amounted to 30% of the total that would have been chargeable under accounting standards had depreciation been included.
A final report by the Law Commission was published in March 2020. The Commission’s main findings were that:
electoral law should be rationalised into a single, consistent legislative framework with consistent electoral laws across all elections, except where differences are necessary (for example, due to different voting systems)
the process for challenging...
Official Report of Meeting 7 May 2025
Written Submissions
PE2082/A: Scottish Government submission of 12 March 2024
PE2082/B: Scottish Cot Death Trust written submission, 26 June 2024
PE2082/C: Scottish Government written submission, 9 August 2025 .
The Scottish Government published its response to theIPDD working group report on 27 March 2023.
In June, SPICe launched two academic fellowships on public participation, which should report in late 2023.
The Bill had its first reading in the House of Commons on 23 March 2023. The Bill was debated at the Second Reading Committee on 12 June and amendments were debated and accepted at Public Bill Committee stage on 19 June.