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Date published:
17 April 2018
Social Security (Scotland) Bill as amended at Stage 2 - New sections 55A and 55B – Enhanced scrutiny of certain regulations
It requires the Scottish Ministers to take a series of actions prior to laying any such regulations before the Parliament.
Official Report
Meeting date:
3 September 2025
Public Audit Committee 03 September 2025
It is unhelpful from a public accountability point of view for a public body’s accounts to be subject to qualification.
Last updated:
28 September 2022
UKSI Animals and animal health APH009
Such a timescale would not allow the Scottish Parliament 28 days to scrutinise the instrument prior to the laying of the instrument in the UK Parliament.
Last updated:
11 May 2022
SPBill04AS062022
National good food nation plan 5 1 Requirement to produce plan (1) The Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish, and (b) lay before the Scottish Parliament, a national good food nation plan. 10 (2) Subsection (1) must be complied with before the end of the period of 3 months beginning 1 with the expiry of the consideration period mentioned in section 1B. (3) The national good food nation plan must set out— (a) the main outcomes in relation to food-related issues which the Scottish Ministers want to be achieved in relation to Scotland, 15 (b) indicators or other measures by which progress in achieving the outcomes may be assessed, and (c) the policies which the Scottish Ministers intend to pursue in order to secure the achievement of the outcomes. (4) The national good food nation plan may include such other material in relation to 20 food-related issues as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (5) In determining the content of the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard, among other things, to the scope for food-related issues to affect outcomes in relation to— (a) social and economic wellbeing, 25 (b) the environment, including in particular in relation to— (i) climate change, and (ii) wildlife and the natural environment, (c) health and physical and mental wellbeing (including in particular through the provision of health and social care services), SP Bill 4A Session 6 (2022) 2 Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (d) economic development, (e) animal welfare, (f) education, and (g) child poverty. 5 1A Preparation of plan: principles In preparing the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to— (a) the fact that each part of the food system and supply chain plays an important role in the provision of food, 10 (b) the role of sustainable food production in contributing to mitigation of climate 1 change, halting and reversing of loss of biodiversity and improvement in animal welfare, (c) the ability of high quality, nutritious and culturally appropriate food to improve the health and physical and mental wellbeing of people, 15 (d) the fact that adequate food is a human right (as part of the right to an adequate standard of living set out in Article 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) and essential to the realisation of other human rights, (e) the importance of the food business sector— (i) continuing to be a thriving part of the Scottish economy, 20 (ii) having resilient supply chains, (iii) operating with fair work standards, and (iv) in contributing to resilient local economies across Scotland. 1B Requirement to lay proposed plan before the Parliament (1) Before complying with the requirement to lay a national good food nation plan in section 25 1(1), the Scottish Ministers must— (a) lay the proposed plan before the Scottish Parliament, and (b) before finalising the plan have regard to— (i) any representations about the proposed plan that are made to them, (ii) any resolution relating to the proposed plan passed by the Parliament, and 30 (iii) any report relating to the draft plan published by any committee of the Parliament for the time being appointed by virtue of the standing orders, before the expiry of the consideration period. (2) The proposed plan must be laid before the Parliament under subsection (1)(a) not later than the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this section 35 comes into force. (3) The Scottish Ministers must, when laying the national good food nation plan before the Parliament under section 1(1), lay a statement setting out— (a) details of any representations, resolutions or reports mentioned in subsection (1)(b), and 3 Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill (b) the changes (if any) they have made to the plan in response to such representations, resolutions or reports and the reasons for those changes. (4) In this section “consideration period” means the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the proposed plan is laid before the Parliament under subsection (1)(a). 5 (5) In calculating the period of 28 days mentioned in subsection (4), no account is to be taken of any period during which the Parliament is dissolved or in recess for more than 4 days. 2 Preparation of plan: consultation (1) In preparing the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must— 10 (a) publish, and consult on, a draft of the plan, and 1 (b) have regard to any responses to the consultation. (2) The persons consulted under subsection (1)(a) are to be those who the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 3 Preparation of plan: consideration of international instruments 15 (1) In preparing the national good food nation plan, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the international instruments listed in subsection (2). (2) Those instruments are— (a) Article 11 (so far as it concerns adequate food) of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 20 (b) Article 24(2)(c) (so far as it concerns the provision of adequate nutritious foods) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, (c) Articles 27(1) and (3) (so far as they concern nutrition) of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, (d) Article 12(2) (so far as it as concerns adequate nutrition during pregnancy and 25 lactation) of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. (3) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations modify the list in subsection (2) so as to add, remove or vary a reference to an international instrument. (4) The provision which may be made by regulations under subsection (3) includes— 30 (a) limiting the extent of an international instrument to a particular matter, (b) providing that a reference to an international instrument is a reference to that instrument as it has effect— (i) at a particular time, or (ii) as amended from time to time. 35 4 Effect of plan The Scottish Ministers must, when exercising a specified function or a function falling within a specified description, have regard to the national good food nation plan. 4 Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill 5 Reporting (1) As soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish, and 5 (b) lay before the Scottish Parliament, a report setting out progress made in the reporting period towards achieving the outcomes set out in the national good food nation plan, by reference to the indicators or other measures contained in the plan by virtue of section 1(3)(b). (2) The report may include such other material in relation to food-related issues as the 10 Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. 1 (3) In this section, “reporting period” means— (a) the period of 2 years beginning with the day on which section 1(1) is complied with, and (b) each subsequent period of 2 years. 15 6 Review and revision of plan (1) Before the end of— (a) the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which section 1(1) is complied with, and (b) each subsequent period of 5 years, 20 the Scottish Ministers must review the national good food nation plan. (2) Following a review, the Scottish Ministers may revise the plan as they consider appropriate. (3) Sections 1(3) to (5), 1A, 2 and 3(1) apply in relation to revising the plan as they apply in relation to the preparation of the plan in the first place. 25 (4) As soon as practicable after revising the plan, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) publish, and (b) lay before the Scottish Parliament, the plan as so revised. (5) Sections 1B(1) and (3) to (5) apply in relation to a revised national good food nation 30 plan as they apply in relation to the national good food nation plan in the first place.
Last updated:
22 September 2023
Scottish Canals to PAC 4 Sept 2023
Based on the audit timeline, we anticipate laying our Annual Report & Accounts in the new year.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
21 April 2020
UK-EU Future Relationship Negotiations: Fisheries - 8.3 EU – Iceland Fisheries Relations
It does not dictate any specific factors that need to be taken into account in this process. The remaining provisions on scientific research, enforcement and licensing are all similar to the agreements concluded by the EU with Norway and the Faroe Islands.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2019
Consumer Scotland Bill - Functions of Consumer Scotland
These are (section 2):
reducing harm to consumers;
increasing confidence among consumers in Scotland in dealing with businesses; and
increasing the extent that consumer matters are taken into account by public authorities in Scotland.
Last updated:
20 November 2024
IGR Agreement
This Agreement is intended to support the Scottish Parliament’s capacity to scrutinise Scottish Government activity and to hold Scottish Ministers to account in the intergovernmental arena only.
Last updated:
10 June 2024
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On 28 September 2016, it informed the Scottish Government that it had reviewed the classification of RSLs in Scotland and, in view of certain of powers that the Regulator can exercise over RSLs, had determined that they should be classified as public bodies for the purposes of the national accounts. (RSLs had previously been classified as private bodies in the national accounts.)
Last updated:
24 January 2025
Regulation of Legal Services Scotland Bill 24 January 2025
The SLCC is already required to consult on its budget and operating plan, which set out our plans for the year ahead, and to lay those in Parliament. We also lay our annual report and annual accounts in Parliament.
