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The Minister for Children and Young People, Maree Todd MSP, outlined the purpose of the Provision of Early Learning and Childcare (Specified Children) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2019:
Legislation currently specifies that a two-year-old is eligible when their parent receives the maximum child tax credit and maximum working tax credits, and when their annual ...
About the Control of Dogs (Scotland) Act 2010
The 2010 Act was introduced in the Scottish Parliament in the form of a Member’s Bill by Christine Grahame MSP on 22 June 2009. The Act was passed by the Parliament on 22 April 2010 and came into force in February 2011.
She further indicated she “considered it a gap in oversight if Parliament does not have the ability to approve or not the key definitions".Letter from Rosemary Agnew, Scottish Public Services Ombudsman to Lewis Macdonald MSP, Convener of the Health and Sport Committee, 12 June 2019
We are content with the draft definition being consulted upon by the SPSO an...
Relevant amendments considered at stage 2 included:
one lodged by Liam Kerr MSP seeking to make it an offence where a person contravenes certain standard obligations associated with electronic monitoring (not restricted to HDC) - amendment not agreed
another lodged by Liam Kerr seeking to create a power of arrest where said standard conditions are contraven...
The Bill was introduced by the then Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP, on 8 June 2018. The Bill completed Stage 2 on 7 May 2019.
The Committee took evidence on the SSI at its meeting on 5 March 2019 from Ash Denham MSP, Minister for Community Safety, and Scottish Government officials.
Scottish Government Publication - Programme for Government 2017/2018:First Minister's speech
Subsequently, the Human Tissue (Authorisation) (Scotland) Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport, Shona Robison MSP on 8 June 2018. The Health and Sport Committee was designated as the lead Committee by the Parliamentary Bureau for the Sta...
This comprised—
A cover letter from the Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning;
A question and answer document on the Order between Graham Simpson MSP and the Minister; and
An extract from draft guidance on the tolerable standard pertaining to the changes that the instrument would make to the standard.
In his statement to the Chamber, Dereck Mackay MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work stated that "if the UK does end up in a no deal Brexit, I may be required to revisit the priorities in this Budget."
These are draft proposals and commence a period of parliamentary scrutiny and political negotiation as the Scottish Government seeks majority support from MSPs.