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Declaration of interests, Choice of Convener, Choice of Deputy Convener, Decision on taking business in private, Cost of living: disabled people and unpaid carers, Charities (Regulation and Administration) (Scotland) Bill , Correspondence.
Time periods before an application can be granted
Maggie Chapman's amendments sought to remove the time periods from the application process, specifically:
the three month period of living in the acquired gender
the three month reflection period required before the applicant can confirm they wish to proceed with the application.
Committee reports
Date published:
13 December 2022
The instrument also provides for compensatory payments from the Scottish Infected Blood Support Scheme (SIBSS) and additional payments from the State for the purpose of responding to increases in the cost of living to be disregarded from financial assessment when applications are made for publicly funded legal assistance.
The Social Renewal Advisory Board set up by the Scottish Government published a Call to Action in January 2021 that emphases a fairer recovery from the pandemic. In contextualizing LGBT+ lives in Scotland before, during and post-pandemic, the Scottish Government's commitment to LGBT inclusive education, the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, ongoin...
The new system will also remove the option to provide comments on a petition, while ensuring there is still a mechanism for written views to be submitted to the Committee. The new petitions system will go live at the beginning of the next parliamentary Session.
We also considered and recommended approval of draft regulations for the Child Winter Heating Assistance Regulations, an annual payment of £200 for children and young people with serious disabilities and Child Disability Payment Regulations; the Scottish Government’s replacement for Child Disability Living Allowance.
Lived experience - Inverclyde Community Hub
As part of this inquiry, Committee members met with four people from the Inverclyde area who have experience of Protected Trust Deeds.
This higher than expected growth was driven by tight conditions in the labour market and growth in public sector pay policy, the minimum wage and national living wage. SFC has made upward revisions to earnings growth over the period 2019 to 2021.