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Overview of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Communities, Social Security and Equalities, Angela Constance MSP, on 4 December 2017. The lead Committee is the Local Government and Communities Committee.
lang=en [accessed 25 July 2017]In his letter to MSPs, Michael Russell, the Scottish Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, reiterated Nicola Sturgeon's view that the Scottish Government would not be able to support the Withdrawal Bill in its current form3Scottish Government News Release. (2017, July 16).
In November 2021, Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills, provided an update on school counsellors in her answer to a written question from Willie Rennie MSP that asked how many counsellors are currently in place to provide services in schools:
Access to counselling support servic...
If we are going to do that, I suggest that we also ask one of the MSPs involved to come too. That is only fair, as the MSPs can answer better to the Standards Committee.
This issue was originally raised in the Equal Opportunities Committee and then in the conveners liaison group, which has asked us to consider how non-MSPs might become involved in the work of the Parliament's committees.Non-MSPs can be involved in a number of ways.