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This has resulted in on average one conviction per year1Scottish Parliament. (2017, May 10). Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Bill. Financial memorandum. Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/Forestry%20and%20Land%20Management%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill11FMS052017.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/Forestry%20and%20Land%20Management%20(Scotland)%20Bill/SPBill11FMS052017.pdf</a> [accessed 16 May 2017].
Good morning, and thank you for inviting us to speak to you about the latest edition of “Scotland’s Fiscal and Economic Forecasts”, which we published alongside the Scottish budget.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 November 2018
We also note the wider issue of leadership on human rights including those set out in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights as well as environmental rights, which are currently being examined by the First Minister’s Advisory Group on Human Rights Leadership.
I trust that she will be aware of my Disabled Children and Young People (Transitions to Adulthood) (Scotland) Bill, which aims to help the 4,000 disabled school leavers each year and ensure that they get the support that they desperately need.
Commercial Attorneys and Party Litigants (Equal Rights in the Legal System) (PE1724) The next continued petition for consideration is PE1724, on equal rights for commercial attorneys and party litigants in the legal system.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2020
Part 2, chapter 2 – Environmental Standards Scotland
The Policy Memorandum sets out the purpose of Part 2, chapter 2 of the Bill to “establish a new Scottish public authority which will take on governance functions in connection with compliance by the Scottish Ministers and public authorities in Scotland, other than reserved bodies, with environmental law” to replace the existing governance arrangements the UK is part of as an EU member state.
The bill also proposes a new requirement that the Presiding Officer must consult the Electoral Commission before using powers under section 2(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 to set a new polling date.
Incorrect payments not resulting from mistaken decisions
Paragraph 257 of the policy memorandum describes these provisions as establishing a liability "on an individual who has been given assistance to which they were not entitled."1Social Security (Scotland) Bill [as introduced] Policy Memorandum, SP Bill 18-PM. (2017).
Backing the North East Economy: Liam Kerr moved S6M-02552—That the Parliament recognises that prematurely ending the oil and gas industry would decimate the economy of the north east of Scotland, and believes that it is irresponsible and counter to Scotland’s net zero ambitions to undermine the future of the industry...