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The proposed rule change also retains the provision that currently allows a Member’s Bill, exceptionally and with the consent of the Parliamentary Bureau, to be introduced up to the last sitting day in March in the year preceding a general election.
The Committee heard from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic in March 2025 and will write to the Scottish Government with its findings in late May 2025.
The Committee considered the delegated powers in the Bill at Stage 1 at its meetings on 6 February and 19 March 2024 and issued its report on 26 March 2024.
Candidacy rights for foreign nationals with limited leave to remainivThis briefing was updated on 21 March 2024 to correct an error in original publication.
Developing the workforce and stimulating economic growth
The Scottish Government’s National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET)1Scottish Government. (2022, March 1). Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation.
There is some evidence that the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 led to a 43% reduction in household food waste across the UK, but this appears to have rebounded as lockdowns have relaxed.
In February 2022, Scottish ministers received the final Project Neptune reports for consideration.4Auditor General for Scotland. (2022, March 23). New vessels for the Clyde and Hebrides: Arrangements to deliver vessels 801 and 802.
Due to data quality issues, only the persistent child poverty estimate was updated in March 2022. The data set out in this table is therefore for the most recent period for which full data was provided (2019-2020).
Section 1 – pardon limited to picketing and connected travel
Under Section 1(1) of the Bill the pardon only applies where the conduct constituting the offence occurred between 12 March 1984 and 3 March 1985 and the conduct either:
Occurred while the miner was participating in a picket, demonstration or similar gather...