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The Scottish Government responded to the Committee's report on 22 January 2024.
Scottish Government response to the report.
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Subsequent correspondence on the topic includes a letter sent by the Scottish Government to the Committee in February 2025, providing an updat...
Failure to do so prevents the landlord from relying on the irritancy clause in the lease, or the material breach of the lease, to which the notice relates (section 5A(6)).
Scottish Parliament. (2024, December 11). Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.)
Significant reforms now seem some way off.2024The Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024 made a handful of further, relatively limited, changes to inheritance law.
The subcommittee builds on the learning from the actions that we have taken, and it will create more opportunities to co-ordinate policies and maximise our collective impact on child poverty.viiSocial Justice and Social Security Committee, Official Report, 5 December 2024, Col 4
The Committee notes the request for the Scottish Parliament to do more to hold ...
The current marine planning zones extend out to three nautical miles. Between September and December 2024, the Scottish Government issued a consultation on extending marine planning zones beyond three nautical miles out to 12 nautical miles.
The Government reponed tae the Short Life Warkin Group on Economic and Social Opportunities fur Gaelic on 22 November 2024. In her forewird tae the repone, the Depute First Minister and Cabinet Secretar fur Economy and Gaelic, Kate Forbes MSP, seyed:
The Scottish Government proodly uphauds a national approach tae Gaelic wi the principle that the leid belang...
Committee reports
Date published:
13 November 2024
iiThe Social Justice and Social Security Committee. Official Report, 5 Sept 2024, Col 43
The Poverty Alliance response to the Call for Views highlighted the Scottish Parliament's Cross-Party Group on Poverty’s recent inquiry into rural poverty in Scotland.
However, many issues impacting the 2024-25 Budget – such as higher than anticipated pay settlements and increasing social security payments - could have been foreseen and mitigated when the Budget was set, last December.