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The Bill completed Stage 1 on 19 January 2021, Stage 2 on 11 February 2021, and was passed by the Parliament at Stage 3 on 16 March 2021.
After the Bill was passed, UK Law Officers referred it to the Supreme Court on the grounds that some of its provisions were outside the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament.
Read more about the interaction between the exclusions process and Common Frameworks in our SPICe blog from March 2023.
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Discussions about a UKIMA exclusion relating to a Scottish Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) for drinks containers took place during 2023.
The Bill committee stage in the House of Commons began on 26 November 2024, report stage began on 11 March 2025, and it received its third reading on 12 March 2025.
(n.d.) Fiscal Sustainability Report, March 2023. Retrieved from https://www.fiscalcommission.scot/publications/fiscal-sustainability-report-march-2023/ In its fiscal update, the SFC states that “our assessment is that the gap between spending on devolved social security and the associated Block Grant Adjustment (BGA)...
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16 September 2024
Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/constitution-europe-external-affairs-and-culture-committee/nfu-scotland.pdf However, that the EU market for seed potatoes closed “overnight” as a result of the restrictions.6Scottish Parliament. (2024, March 28). Official Report of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Comm...
Accessed through Public Health Scotland.NHS Forth Valley experienced an increase in the percentage of attendances missing the statutory target by nearly 50 percentage points (pp) from February 2020 to March 2024. The same changes for NHS Lanarkshire and NHS Grampian were both around 30pp.
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The Gaelic Committee o the Kirk o Scotland agreed that designation maun be left tae local authorities.6Gaelic Committee of the Church of Scotland. (2024, March). Response to the Scottish Languages Bill (English - detailed call for views).
Various changes were agreed to and the Committee agreed to consider a revised draft, in private, at its next meeting.
8th Meeting, 2024 (Session 6) Wednesday, 13 March, 2024
Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill: The Committee continued its consideration of a draft report.