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Members indicated agreement.Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 The next item is an oral evidence-taking session as part of our stage 1 consideration of the Local Government Finance (Unoccupied Properties etc) (Scotland) Bill.
The main problem that many of my constituents face, as do people in every corner of Scotland, is the cost of living crisis: the cost of feeding their families and paying their heating bills.
This afternoon, John Swinney and Bruce Crawford will meet the Secretary of State for Scotland to talk about taking forward improvements to the ScotlandBill.
Item 8 is consideration of our approach to the Assisted Suicide (Scotland) Bill; item 9 is consideration of our approach to budget scrutiny; and item 10 is consideration of evidence heard on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill legislative consent memorandum.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service oversees the death investigation process in Scotland.
The Article 2 requirement to investigate deaths
The European Court of Human Rights has held that Article 2 also includes a procedural obligation to sufficiently investigate deaths so that the rights guaranteed by that article can be upheld.
Executive Summary
Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 provides for a range of parental responsibilities and rights (‘PRRs’) in respect of all children living in Scotland.
Scrutiny of instruments under the Committee's remit: instruments drawn to the attention of the Parliament
Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules 1996 Amendment) (United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024) 2024 (SSI 2024/174)
This instrument is made in consequence of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the UNCRC Act”), to amend the rules of court for criminal procedure to take account of the requirements of that Act.
Members indicated agreement.Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 Land Reform (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 Agenda item 2 is consideration of a motion in my name on the committee’s timetable for stage 2 consideration of the Land Reform (Scotland) Bill.