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Last updated: 24 November 2022

UKSI Sea Fisheries Amendment etc No 2 Regulations 2021

This instrument amends the retained EU law version of Council Regulation (EU) 2020/123 fixing for 2020 the fishing opportunities for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks, applicable in Union waters and, for Union fishing vessels, in certain non- Union waters (“the retained TQR”) by extending an increase in t...

Last updated: 21 February 2022

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Instruments subject to made affirmative procedure: The Committee will consider the following— Coronavirus Act 2020 (Alteration of Expiry Date) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (SSI 2022/40) Scottish Landfill Tax (Standard Rate and Lower Rate) Order 2022 (SSI 2022/46) Health Protection (Coronavirus) (International Travel a...

Official Report Meeting date: 13 June 2023

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 13 June 2023

The Scottish Parliament legislated in May 2020 for an all-inclusive deposit return scheme.

Last updated: 4 October 2023

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Business Programme: The Minister for Parliamentary Business (George Adam), on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau, moved S6M-10729—That the Parliament agrees— (a) the following programme of business— Tuesday 24 October 2023 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Ministerial Statement: Planning for Winter 2023-24 and Ongoing Resilience Across Health and Social Care followed by Scottish Government Debate: Transvaginal Mesh followed by Legislative Consent Motion: Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill - UK Legislation followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.30 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Wednesday 25 October 2023 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Constitution, External Affairs and Culture; Justice and Home Affairs followed by Scottish Labour Party Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Approval of SSIs (if required) 5.10 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Thursday 26 October 2023 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister's Questions followed by Members' Business 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Education and Skills followed by Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Debate: Public Participation Inquiry followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time Tuesday 31 October 2023 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Topical Questions (if selected) followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Wednesday 1 November 2023 2.00 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.00 pm Portfolio Questions: Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy; Finance and Parliamentary Business followed by Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Approval of SSIs (if required) 5.10 pm Decision Time followed by Members' Business Thursday 2 November 2023 11.40 am Parliamentary Bureau Motions 11.40 am General Questions 12.00 pm First Minister's Questions followed by Members' Business 2.30 pm Parliamentary Bureau Motions 2.30 pm Portfolio Questions: Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition followed by Scottish Government Business followed by Business Motions followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 5.00 pm Decision Time (b) that, for the purposes of Portfolio Questions in the week beginning 23 October 2023, in rule 13.7.3, after the word "except" the words "to the extent to which the Presiding Officer considers that the questions are on the same or similar subject matter or" are inserted.

SPICe briefings Date published: 24 February 2022

Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill: health, education, public Services and housing - Summary of the eviction process

Research has established that there are relatively low levels of awareness amongst tenants of their rights. 3Indigo House in association with IBP Strategy and Research. (2020, August). Rent Better Wave 1 Baseline Report .

SPICe briefings Date published: 14 June 2021

Scottish Criminal Justice System: The Prison Service - Early release

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Release of Prisoners (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 set out time-limited measures (applying to a period in 2020) providing for the release of some short-term prisoners before the half-way point of their sentence.

SPICe briefings Date published: 28 May 2020

The UK Environment Bill - Common Frameworks and the Bill

In effect, this compliance has meant that the same policy has often been followed. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020.

SPICe briefings Date published: 11 March 2020

Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Bill - Reform in England and Wales

Reform in England and Wales Much of the background to the Bill lies in changes made to English libel law in 2013. These followed from a long-running campaign against: "libel tourism" - i.e.

Last updated: 10 May 2022

20220408Letter from Mr Hepburn regarding Skills Strategy and Planning

Examples of this are:- • S5W-33206, answered in November 2020 where I set out the changes to be made to FWDF following the doubling of the available funding to £20m per year which enable levy paying businesses to access non-college support, and also opened the Fund up to SMEs for the first time; and • S6W-03511, answered in October 2021, where a breakdown of spend by sector in 2020-21 was provided as reported by the Scottish Funding Council and Skills Development Scotland.

Last updated: 26 April 2022

Letter from Mr Hepburn regarding Skills Strategy and Planning