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Conclusion ConclusionThe impact of People's Panels can be profound and there is already encouraging evidence from the evaluation of Panels to date about their positive contribution to both scrutiny and participants’ engagement with democracy.
This Cross-party group's purpose:
To provide a forum for opinion and information sharing about animal welfare; to raise awareness of the importance of animal welfare; where consensus is reached to make proposals to introduce or amend legislation concerning animal welfare and provide information for possible parliamentary questions and motions..
Next meeting.
The date of the next meeting of the Cross-Party Group on Animal Welfare will be on 26 March 2025.
The Explanatory Notes state:The Bill provides for a right for anyone diagnosed as having a drug and/or alcohol addiction to receive a treatment determination and for the person to be provided with that treatment as soon as reasonably practicable and no later than three weeks from the date of the determination.The Bill provides that the Scottish Ministers mu...
This makes it consistent with rules for other benefits.The Scottish Government supported Jeremy Balfour MSP’s amendments that would remove the requirement for a decision maker to identify an error before being able to lapse an appeal.The Scottish Government will be required to consult on which groups should be exempt from having to provide information for audit.A Scottish Government amendment at Stage 3 will provide for all Social Security Scotland benefits to be uprated for inflation.Unsuccessful amendments are also discussed in this briefing where they reflect ongoing debates about Scottish social security or where the Member indicated the issue may be returned to at Stage 3.The date...
Oral Evidence
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 7 May 2024
The Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Read the agenda, papers and Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript) for this meeting
Tuesday 26 March 2024
The Committee took evidence from the Scottish Government Bill Team.
Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/70)
Date laid: 1 March 2024
This page relates to the Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024 (SSI 2024/70).
Oral Evidence
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 7 November 2023
The Committee took evidence from the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Scottish Government.
Oral Evidence
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 6 February 2024
The Committee took evidence from Scottish Government officials.
To ensure a consistency, the report will cover location, any sponsor (e.g. CPA), date and purpose of visit and theme, outline of programme and discussions held and the outcomes and action/learning points.