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Background to the Bill
In March 2017, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) published its report Strategic Overview of Provision of Forensic Medical Services to Victims of Sexual Crime.
Committee reports
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22 February 2024
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/legislation/bills/s6-bills/national-care-service-scotland-bill/introduced/bill-as-introduced.pdf [accessed 27 February 2023] Cathie Russell representing Care Home Relatives Scotland noted "That is disappointing.
This document relates to the Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 59) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 19 February 2025 Natural Environment (Scotland) Bill —————————— Policy M...
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Both also noted that some aspects of the Bill were significantly different to the 1998 Act that much of the general architecture of the Bill -for instance the creation of a "declaration of incompatibility" power- is not dissimilar to that of the Human Rights Act 1998, which is sometimes described as having "incorporated" into UK law the rights ("Convention rights") set out in the European Convention on Human Rights.
T his document relates to the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 5) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 31 January 2017 Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill —————————— Explanatory Notes Introduction 1.