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The Committee notes the work the Scottish Government is progressing with its partners during 2024 in response to the HMICS Thematic Review of Policing Mental Health in Scotland.
More recently the Scottish Government’s Medium Term Financial Strategy indicates this approach to reducing workforce numbers has changed, with individual public bodies being asked to work within their budgets for 2024-25. In addition, the Scottish Government also plans to develop a pay and workforce strategy for 2024...
(There appears to be a typographical error in the question referring to 2024.) We do not, however, consider that the instrument has a wider effect than intended or that there is a concern with its effect or vires.
It is fair to say that, as I alluded to, the policy landscape has shifted since 2024, when I updated the national guidance to make our expectations on mobile phones clear.
That principle, which underpinned the national guidance that was issued in 2024, remains central today.The Scottish Government’s original intention was to conclude the review of our 2024 guidance before determining whether legislation was required.
According to “Businesses in Scotland: 2025”, which was published on 3 December, between 2024 and 2025 there was an increase in the number of small-sized businesses in Scotland.
VisitScotland reported an 83 per cent surge in German traffic to its website during Euro 2024. Scotland’s image as a warm, vibrant nation was amplified globally.
Again, I should declare an interest as an account holder there. In 2024, we saw the closure of the Royal Bank of Scotland branch in Cumbernauld town centre, which followed an earlier closure of another branch in the town.
—Official Report, Criminal Justice Committee, 10 January 2024; c 22-23. I move, That the Parliament agrees that the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill be passed. 15:33 The bill has had a tortuous passage.