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Last updated:
17 December 2024
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Accounts and audit 13 (1) The Board must— (a) keep proper accounts and accounting records, and (b) prepare annual accounts in respect of each financial year. 20 (2) The Board must send a copy of the annual accounts to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing.
Last updated:
28 April 2025
CabSecNZE_Upcoming secondary legislation that will set Scotlands carbon budgets 24 April 2025
Once this has been received, we will take its contents into account before laying draft regulations in Parliament to set the carbon budgets for each five-year period up to 2045.
Last updated:
14 November 2024
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David McGill Clerk of the Parliament 14 November 2024 Appendix (Note: this Appendix does not form part of the Minutes) Committee Reports The following reports were published on 14 November 2024— Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, 7th Report, 2024 (Session 6): Housing (Scotland) Bill Stage 1 Report (Scotland) Bill (SP Paper 684) Social Justice and Social Security Committee, 13th Report, 2024 (Session 6): Subordinate Legislation considered by the Social Justice and Social Security Committee on 7 November 2024 (SP Paper 686) The following report will be published on 15 November 2024— Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee, 8th Report, 2024 (Session 6): Report tracking the work of the Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee 2023-24 (SP Paper 687) Subordinate Legislation Affirmative Instruments The following instruments were laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and are subject to the affirmative procedure— Burial (Management) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] laid under section 106(2) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Burial and Cremation (Inspection) (Scotland) Regulations 2025 [draft] laid under section 106(2) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Negative Instruments The following instruments were laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and are subject to the negative procedure— Burial (Applications and Register) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/334) laid under Sections 8, 10 and 106(1) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Public Procurement (Miscellaneous Amendment) (Scotland) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/338) laid under section 44(3) of the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and paragraph 7(2) of Schedule 5 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 Laid Only Instruments The following instrument was laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and is not subject to any parliamentary procedure— Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 (Commencement No. 6 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024 (SSI 2024/335 (C. 23)) laid under Sections 112(2), (3) and (4) of the Burial and Cremation (Scotland) Act 2016 Other Documents The following documents were laid before the Parliament on 14 November 2024 and are not subject to parliamentary procedure— Ending Homelessness Together: Annual report to the Scottish Parliament, November 2024 (SG/2024/288) laid at the request of a member of the Scottish Government and not under any laying...
Last updated:
29 September 2025
Draft correspondence on the Draft Climate Change Plan
I will update you on the timing for laying the carbon budgets SSI in Parliament as soon as possible.
Official Report
Meeting date:
5 September 2023
Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 05 September 2023
Is the committee content with the explanation that the Scottish Government has provided for the breach of the laying requirements? Members indicated agreement.
Last updated:
17 February 2025
SPBill58S062025
Reporting of offences and review of legislation 4 Annual reports by Scottish Ministers 15 (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of each reporting period— (a) prepare and publish a report on the operation of this Act, and (b) lay the report before the Scottish Parliament. (2) The report must include— 20 (a) the number of reports received during the reporting year by the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland of a dog being taken or kept in the circumstances mentioned in section 1(1), (b) the number of reports where it was assessed by the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland that— 25 (i) no offence was committed because section 1(2) applied, or (ii) a defence specified in sections 1(3) or 1(4) applied, (c) the number of persons charged by the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland with an offence under section 1 of this Act, (d) the number of cases for which criminal proceedings are undertaken where an 30 offence under section 1 of this Act was charged, (e) the number of convictions obtained for an offence under section 1 of this Act, (f) the number of cases and convictions mentioned at paragraphs (d) and (e) where criminal proceedings were undertaken or convictions obtained (as the case may be) under— 35 (i) summary procedure, and (ii) solemn procedure, (g) the nature of each sentence imposed after conviction for an offence under section 1 of this Act, including— (i) whether an aggravation applied, 4 Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill (ii) length of sentence, and (iii) level of fine, and (h) the information mentioned at paragraphs (c) to (f) where the charge, criminal proceedings, conviction or sentence (as the case may be) related to a common 5 law offence of theft, where the property taken or kept was a dog. (3) The report may include such other information as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate. (4) A relevant person holding information mentioned in subsection (2) must provide that information to Scottish Ministers— 10 (a) in such form and manner as the Scottish Ministers may require, and 1 (b) by such time as the Scottish Ministers may require. (5) The relevant persons mentioned in subsection (4) are— (a) the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service, (b) the Lord Advocate, and 15 (c) the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland. (6) In this section, “reporting period” is the period of 1 year beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and each subsequent period of 1 year. 5 Review of operation of the Act (1) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable (and no later than 6 20 months) after the end of the review period— (a) undertake a review of the operation of this Act, and (b) prepare a report on that review. (2) The report must, in particular, set out— (a) the extent to which the Act has been successful in reducing the occurrence of the 25 theft of dogs, (b) the number of cases of theft of dogs— (i) prosecuted under this Act, and (ii) prosecuted as a common law offence of theft, (c) any concerns with the operation of the Act which have been raised, 30 (d) the Scottish Ministers’ response to any such concerns, including any recommendations in relation to changes to any enactment, including this Act, (e) whether the Scottish Ministers consider that— (i) there should be a statutory offence or offences of the theft of any other type of animal normally kept as a pet, and 35 (ii) such offence or offences should specify the type of animal protected or apply generally to other types of animals normally kept as pets. (3) In undertaking the review and preparing the report, the Scottish Ministers must— (a) take into account annual reports published by them under section 4(1)(a) during the review period, 5 Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill (b) consult any persons or organisations they consider appropriate, and (c) in relation to the matter mentioned at subsection (2)(e), consult publicly. (4) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after preparing the report— 5 (a) publish the report, and (b) lay the report before the Scottish Parliament. (5) In this section, the “review period” is the period of 5 years beginning with the day on which section 1 of this Act comes into force.
Last updated:
21 October 2024
Audit Planning AGS to PAC 16 Oct 2024
Auditors should agree locally the number of paper copy signed sets of audited annual accounts required by the audited body. Laying accounts 60.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
13 April 2023
S6W-16270
The approach to performance reporting is developing; Audit Scotland reported in its Annual Audit Report on the 2021-22 Scottish Government’s Consolidated Accounts that improvements had been made in 2021-22 to the performance report in the Consolidated Accounts.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 August 2020
Work of the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee 2019-20
This rule provides that 28 days should elapse between the laying of a negative instrument before the Parliament and the coming into force of that instrument.
Official Report
Meeting date:
8 May 2025
SPCB Supported Bodies Landscape Review Committee 08 May 2025
Do you mean the level of accountability of the public bodies to the Scottish Government, or the level of accountability of the Scottish Government to the Parliament?
