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Introduction
At its meetings on 19 December 2023 and 23 January 2024, the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the delegated powers contained in the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Bill ("the Bill") at Stage 1.
That is one of the biggest issues that we are interested in tackling through the bill.
The Scottish Government set out its support for the general principles of the Bill in its memorandum.?
Working with partners across Government, SCAD brings rigour, discipline and good decision making to that process, so that we ensure that we are taking the right approach in the right circumstances.
Access authorities, which are our local and national park authorities, have a duty under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 to uphold access rights and to draw up a plan for a system of paths—a core path network—that is sufficient to give local users and visitors reasonable access throughout their areas.
Deaf awareness week is a time of celebration, but it is also a time to reflect on the support that deaf people should be getting by right. I am one of 4,000 deaf children and young people in Scotland.
The Rail Recovery Task Force, which comprises of Transport Scotland, Abellio ScotRail and Network Rail, was established in April 2020 to develop plans to increase rail passenger services in line with Scottish Government advice.
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 (Register of Child Interview Rights Practitioners) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/233) The regulations make provision for the establishment and maintenance of a register of child interview rights practitioners to provide children...
Legislation
The Committee considered two pieces of legislation: the UEFA European Championship (Scotland) Bill, and the Desecration of War Memorials (Scotland) Bill, the former which became an Act on 27 February 2026 and the latter whi...
I have to say that, sometimes, sadly, I get such letters, although not just from figures in Scotland. I had one about the migration bill that urged the UK Government to do more resettlement.