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Obviously, it is always important at any time, and more so as we face recovery from a historic pandemic, that Opposition MSPs—in fact, all MSPs—urge the Government to go further and faster and to be bolder.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Membership changes
The following changes to Committee membership occurred during the course of the Committee's scrutiny of the delegated powers provisions in the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill:
on 16 November 2023, Colin Smyth MSP replaced Mercedes Villalba MSP.
The Committee re-iterates that recommendation and recommends that a successor Committee pursue this recommendation.iDean Lockhart MSP and Jamie Halcro-Johnston MSP dissented from this paragraph.
Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform, Roseanna Cunningham MSP has expressed frustration over lack of clarity over issues on which the OEP might be able intervene in Scotland.
I suggested that—with your permission, Presiding Officer—both EDF and the ONR should hold a briefing for MSPs after the October recess, and they have agreed to do that.
(S4T-00452) I am aware of weekend reports of a dog attack on an eight-year-old girl in Dundee. The local constituency MSP, Shona Robison, has already raised the matter with me and I appreciate the concerns that have been raised.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 April 2018
As a result of the recent adverse weather, the Finance Secretary, Derek Mackay MSP, announced on 6 April that a further £10 million would be made available to local authorities following the recent heavy snowfalls.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that correspondence between heads of NDPBs and arms-length organisations and MSPs should be treated in confidence.