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Stage 1
Part 5 of the Bill as introduced sought to improve the prosecution of serious sexual offences by establishing a specialist court to deal with such offences.
Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 The next item of business is the continuation of stage 1 consideration of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill.
First, it is important to note that Scotland voting to remain did not at any point give the SNP any right to hold a second referendum on Scotland’s independence.
In his evidence to the Committee Peter Kelly from the Poverty Alliance said that:
...we know that, very worryingly, health inequalities are starting to widen again in Scotland. The community planning partners can make a significant contribution to reducing those inequalities, but there are processes taking place at Scotland and UK levels that are driving some of those widening inequalities."
University of Dundee (Recovery Plan) On 19 March, the management of the University of Dundee and the leaders of the Scottish Funding Council committed to the Parliament to providing a new recovery plan for the university within two weeks.
We are also investing £157 million in the Aberdeen city region and Moray growth deals and more than £14 million to develop the skills that are needed to support regional economic recovery. We are actively supporting economic recovery in the north-east.