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For example, unlike the Bank of England for the UK, the SFC is not forecasting a recession for Scotland. Having said that, the SFC’s forecasts for economic growth are broadly in line with other forecasters, as shown in the following chart (where the Bank of England now sits as somewhat of an outlier).
This rule requires that instruments subject to the negative procedure are laid at least 28 days before they come into force, not counting recess periods of more than 4 days.
In correspondence with the Presiding Officer, the Scottish Government explained that the regulations are required to come into force urgently in order to have a suitable safeguarding sy...
The Welsh Parliament legislative consent memorandum was laid on 13 July 2021. The Scottish Parliament was in recess during July and August. The Scottish Government lodged its legislative consent memorandum on 25 October 2021.
It is anticipated that this will be just after the February recess.
The Scottish Government lodged an LCM relating to the Bill on 12 July 2021 and recommended that the Scottish Parliament does not consent to legislation by the UK Parliament in this area.
Retrieved from <a href="https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_PublicPetitionsCommittee/Submissions%202021/PE1517_VVVV.pdf" target="_blank">https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_PublicPetitionsCommittee/Submissions%202021/PE1517_VVVV.pdf</a> [accessed October 2021], immediately prior to the 2021 pre-election recess. The letter set out the inten...
For most councils, the largest source is the annual Scottish Government grant. Since the 2008 recession, funding has not generally kept pace with inflation.
Members will immediately realise that that takes in our two-week October recess. That is an issue that we should seek to avoid, but we can probably live with it.
In those circumstances, it would be appropriate to end the claim with an effective date of one year ago, when the client became no longer responsible for the child, and for the client to apply again for Scottish child payment for the child at today’s date.
The Bill’s provisions on emergency re-scheduling of elections will not affect the frequency of elections, but will potentially make the moving of polling date easier, should it not be safe or possible to have polling on the scheduled date.