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Consequently, the Committee agreed to hold over consideration of whether to recommend legislative consent to the relevant provisions in the Bill to its meeting on 21 December 2022.
At its meeting of 21 December, some members of the Committee expressed concern around the effect of the Bill in undermining the Lord Advocate’s role as independent head of the sy...
Retrieved from <a href="https://www.begambleaware.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Gaming_and_Gambling_Report_Final.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.begambleaware.org/sites/default/files/2021-03/Gaming_and_Gambling_Report_Final.pdf</a> [accessed 11 November 2022].
This section describes some emerging issues.
Understanding barriers to participation in local politics
In advance of the local government elections in May 2022 the Committee issued a call for views and held an evidence session looking at the barriers preventing younger people, women, disabled people and people of colour becoming councillors or remaining as councillors.
Refreshed approach to the attainment challenge
On 30 March 2022, the Scottish Government published a number of documents setting out its new approach to closing the poverty-related attainment gap, including:
Framework for recovery and accelerating progress ('the Framework');
Pupil Equity Fund national guidance and allocations;
Strategic Equity Fund nationa...
Stakeholder engagement
The covering material supplied to the RAINE Committee by Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity Lorna Slater MSP on 7 February 2022 provides some detail on the stakeholder engagement that took place during the development of the framework.
Stakeholder engagement
The covering material for the framework sent to the RAINE Committee on 4 February 2022, set out the stakeholder engagement that has taken place in the development of the framework.
The covering material of the framework documents sent to the RAINE Committee on 4 February 2022 set out the key legislation associated with the policy area:
The Plant Varieties and Seeds Act 1964 provides Ministers in UK Government, Scottish Government and Welsh Government with regulation making powers to regulate seed and other plant propagating material.
Development of the Framework
The covering material provided with the framework documents to the NZET and RAINE committees on 7 February 2022 sets out the stakeholder engagement that has taken place in the development of the framework.
Note that the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill was introduced by the UK Government on 13 June 2022. If enacted, the Bill would empower UK Ministers to disapply elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol unilaterally.