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The vitality of interest in relation to mobility is quite striking as well. The last time that I was on a mission in Brussels, many of the people whom I talked to in the Commission and the European Parliament had been on an Erasmus+ exchange in the UK and Scotland.
Members will be aware that, as is noted in the SPICe briefing, new versions of the ministerial code can be issued at any time and that previous updates have been issued following Scottish Parliament elections and changes of First Minister.
However, the Scottish Government’s position continues to be that it is a UK Government responsibility, as many of the properties were sold under UK right-to-buy legislation and the solution engages with several reserved issues, including insurance, tax and consumer protection....
Ruth Maguire MSP noted that communications law is reserved to Westminster but agreed that the issue remains important to pursue with UK bodies. Agenda item 4 Election of office bearers John Mason MSP took the chair to oversee the election of office bearers: • Co-Conveners: Ruth Maguire MSP and Rhoda Grant MSP were nominated by Jacci Stoyle and seconded by J...
I will consult the document. That would be a previous UK Government. Which one? The UK Government that was in power at the time when apartheid was taking place.
The committee considers that more certainty around the timing of UK fiscal events and of the UK spending review that is on the horizon brings welcome opportunities for the Scottish Government to adopt a much-needed strategic approach to budget planning.
Public sector pay
The SPICe summary of evidence states that "there is a question as to how deliverable the public sector pay spending assumptions are in the RSR given the increase in inflation".SPICe, Summary of Written Submissions, 20 September 2022 As at early September, public sector pay increases were costing £7...