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Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Bill
Daniel Johnson introduced his Member's Bill on 10 October 2019; the purpose of the Bill being to create an offence of assaulting, threatening, abusing...
Consultation document the draft proposal for a Member's Bill, Sanitary Products (Free Provision) ScotlandBill was lodged by Monica Lennon on 11 August 2017.
Term Lengths
The Bill proposes changing term lengths (the normal length of time between elections) to five years for both the Scottish Parliament and for local government in Scotland.
At stage 1, the Committee queried why guidance to be prepared under new section 82A(3) of the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 (“the 2010 Act”) inserted by section 10 of the Bill did not require to be published.
I want to go back to concerns that have been raised in the Finance and Constitution Committee and in the interesting debate that we had in the Parliament last week when we considered the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Bill. The issue is about when it is appropriate to have primary legis...
SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
June 2020
ANNEX A
Provisions of the Bill which extend to Scotland and engage the LCM process
Registered Social Landlords
Part 1 of the Bill inserts a new Part A1 and Schedule ZA1 into the Insolvency Act 1986 (“the 1986 Act”).
If public service reform and change has to happen in Scotland, the conditions across the piece have to be right to strike the right balance culturally, and in the resultant scrutiny and audit.