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View of the Member in Charge
On the provisions of Part 1 of the Bill, the Member in Charge of the Bill, Dr Pam Gosal MBE MSP stated that this Bill would set up a “series of notification requirements for those who are convicted of the most serious domestic abuse offences."
It then heard from the Minister in Charge of the Bill, the Minister for Victims and Community Safety, Siobhian Brown MSP, on 7 November 2023.
Following evidence at this meeting that the Minister was seeking to make a number of changes to the Bill, including transferring some of the proposed delegated powers from Ministers to the Lord President, and building...
On 2 December 2021, Angus Robertson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture wrote to the Convener of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee to give an update on the common frameworks programme.
What this briefing does
This briefing is divided into two parts:
the first part covers the current law
the second part explains efforts to reform inheritance law over the last two parliamentary sessions, including a summary of the latest consultation paper
The briefing will help MSPs with their constituency casework relating to inheritance issues.
In response to a question by Kenneth Gibson (MSP) on 11 May 2017 asking "whether the Scottish Government will act to introduce randomised ordering of candidates' surnames on ballot papers at future elections", First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stated: "randomised ordering of candidates’ surnames is one of the innovations that the Scottish Government will cons...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Membership changes
The following changes to Committee membership occurred during the Committee's scrutiny:
On 18 June 2024, Kevin Stewart MSP replaced John Mason MSP.
Introduction
The Housing (Scotland) Bill is a Scottish Government Bill introduced in the Parliament on 26 March 2024.Scottish Government. (2024, March...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 September 2017
Introduction
The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) BilliBill and accompanying documents available at: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/Bills/103883.aspx was introduced into the Parliament on 17 March 2017 by Michael Matheson MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice. The aims of the Bill are (a) to create a new offence of engaging in an abusive course of c...
I am trying to say that, within those parameters, people should not get the impression that MSPs are just a bunch of dummies sitting in a committee doing what the whips tell them to do, because the demonstrative fact is that MSPs have changed things quite a lot.