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The vast majority of respondents were in favour of the proposed changes to the offence lists.2Scottish Government. (2019). Disclosure (Scotland) Bill, Policy Memorandum, paragraph 279.
What the Bill proposes
In response to continued public concern, the Scottish Government has introduced the Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Bill, which proposes to prohibit wild animal performance, display and exhibition in travelling circuses. 1The Scottish Gov...
Members indicated agreement.Subordinate Legislation Subordinate LegislationCarbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/40) Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/40) The second item on the agenda is consideration of a negative instrument, details of whi...
Comparative case study – Human Rights Commissioner
Human rights are an important issue for all the countries examined in this paper, and all had a Human Rights Commission or Commissioner.
Committee reports
Date published:
14 November 2018
The existing targets, and provisions supporting these targets, are currently set out in the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (“the 2009 Act”). This Bill seeks to amend the 2009 Act, by amending its Parts 1, 2 and 3.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 February 2018
The Bill
The Bill has a narrow scope, namely, to make the amendments made by the 2017 Order retrospective, enabling couples who have paid the additional amount of LBTT, in the scenario described, to claim a repayment regardless of the date on which they entered into the contract or the effective date of the transact...
Recommendation
The Committee recommends that the Parliament agrees to the general principles of the Writers to the Signet Dependants’ Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill and that the Bill should proceed as a private bill.
Progressive realisation
Do budget decisions demonstrate a commitment to realising rights over time? Is expenditure on realising rights increasing or decreasing?