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The provisions would do this through a range of measures, including:
Placing an obligation on the Scottish Ministers to ensure that there is a single point of access for complaints in relation to NCS services and that complaints made through this portal are passed on to those best placed to deal with them. This would make it easier for service users, who ma...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2023
SPF suggested that seven years may be more appropriate "to give them the best chance of maximum success".4Finance and Public Administration Committee. (2023, September).
The Scottish Government's Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) for the Bill states regarding the findings of the above commissioned research:
The findings confirmed that driven grouse shooting enterprises were rarely profitable as stand-alone land uses, as costs generally outweighed revenue, or at best resulted in a break-even position during go...
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Creative Scotland told us that having “a forward-planning horizon—and the confidence and stability that it enables—is fundamental to the sector’s delivering the best...
However, our view is that this Bill would probably not be the best way to do that, given that it is focused on the process for obtaining a GRC, not on the effect of a GRC”.1Scottish Parliament. (2022, June 28).
In Session 5, the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee carried out work to explore how the UK’s immigration policy might best respond to Scotland’s demographic and skills needs.
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The Scottish Government did make a specific measurable commitment to—
establish a national network of “Tech Scalers” – world-class start-up incubators delivering the best available mentoring and training for our company founders.
Scottish Government response: Given our response to Question 9 above, we appreciate that there is a fine balance to be struck between affording Parliament adequate scrutiny of future regulations and the best use of Parliament’s time. However, it is our view that as this power does not create new offences or enable amendment of the provision included within ...
The SPF are in dialogue with Scottish Government to clarify some of their definitions which the SPF believe are at best ambiguous and at worst flawed, but for example, haven’t at the time of writing had clarification as to what number constitutes a public assembly.