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Decision on taking business in private, Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, Great British Energy Bill (UK Parliament legislation).
33rd Meeting, 2022.
National Care Service (Scotland) Bill , Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill (UK Parliament legislation), Priorities in the Justice Sector and an Action Plan, National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
Part 2 of the Scottish Bill provides for:
the introduction of guiding environmental principles into Scots law, and
the formation of a new environmental governance body, Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS), and its functions and powers.
These categories are not further defined elsewhere in the Bill or in the Explanatory Notes. Police Scotland made the general point that the Bill would benefit from further definition of all three categories of abuse.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 January 2023
There have been no compulsory purchases of a building or land under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 since 2003. The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 originally contained two rights to buy.
Analysis this week shows that, if those recommendations were implemented, around 660,000 households in Scotland would see their bills go down by an average of £700 under a targeted bill discount, lifting more than 150,000 households out of fuel poverty.
Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill Our next item of business is consideration of a legislative consent memorandum for the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, which is UK Parliament legislation.
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.
Q&A Dr Peter West, consul of Malawi in Scotland mentioned the excellent initiative in 2010 funded by the Scottish Government which sent academics from Scotland to study and practice for a semester in Malawi and bring Malawian colleagues back for a semester or longer.