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SPICe briefings Date published: 8 April 2025

SPICe Style and Writing Guide (Updated 2025) - Sessions

It’s sometimes been used to refer to the period until the next recess, or to the current sitting day.
SPICe briefings Date published: 22 June 2022

Resource Spending Review and pre-Budget scrutiny - Scottish Fiscal Commission forecasts

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).
Committee reports Date published: 22 March 2022

Subordinate Legislation Considered by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee on 22 March 2022 - Scrutiny of instruments under the Committee’s remit: instruments drawn to the attention of the lead committee

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...
Committee reports Date published: 9 February 2022

Report on the Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Subsidy Control Bill - Committee consideration

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.
Committee reports Date published: 9 February 2022

Report on the supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum for the Professional Qualifications Bill - Introduction

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.
SPICe briefings Date published: 2 November 2021

Transvaginal Mesh Removal (Cost Reimbursement) (Scotland) Bill - What is the current situation on the use of transvaginal mesh?

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...
Committees Last updated: 15 March 2021

Pre-Budget Scrutiny 2021-22

For most councils, the largest source is the annual Scottish Government grant. Since the 2008 recession, funding has not generally kept pace with inflation.
Official Report Meeting date: 25 September 2024

Meeting of the Parliament 25 September 2024

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.
Official Report Meeting date: 27 October 2022

Social Justice and Social Security Committee 27 October 2022

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.
Last updated: 23 January 2024

SPBill42FMS062024accessible

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.

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