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Child accused
The Committee understands why, at this stage, the rule requiring pre-recording will not apply to child accused, given the concerns raised that to do so could prejudice the accused’s right to silence and ability to respond to the evidence produced at trial. However, the Committee also heard that more needs to be done to support child accused gi...
[accessed 18 January 2019] review of 20mph speed limits in the Calderdale Council area found that they had produced a:
30% casualty reduction over a 3 year period, later schemes indicate a 40% reduction.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2018
The Committee also highlighted that a new discrete scheme would have a further benefit of accessibility to readers, if consolidated regulations could be produced. The principal Regulations are well in need of consolidation, as this is the fourteenth amending instrument.
She said that the inspection reports produced by HIS were robust and that as an organisation it did not “pull its punches” in terms of exposing areas of concerns.
International student, city
Council officers who took part in the study mentioned that, in some local councils’, welcome packs had been produced and distributed a few years ago, following the sudden increase in migration from Eastern Europe, but their uptake and usefulness was not known.
Its committees examine current issues and produce reports which are then debated in plenary session allowing the Parliamentary Assembly to make recommendations.
The Committee seeks clarification from the Scottish Government on the arrangements it intends to put in place to ensure 100% of net revenues generated out to 12 nautical miles will be used for the betterment of coastal communities and whether it intends to produce guidance to that effect. The Committee also seeks an update from the Scottish Government on re...
Stage 1 scrutiny was also undertaken by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. It produced a report on the delegated powers contained in the Bill.8Scottish Parliament Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee. (2017).