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17 December 2024
SPBill42BS062024
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.
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20 January 2026
SPBill57BS062026
SP Bill 57B Session 6 (2026) 2 Tertiary Education and Training (Funding and Governance) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Functions of the Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council (4) The Scottish Ministers must, as soon as reasonably practicable after this section comes into force, publish the strategy and lay it before the Scottish Parliament. (5) The Scottish Ministers— (a) may, from time to time, revise the strategy, and 5 (b) must, as soon as reasonably practicable after doing so, publish any revised strategy and lay it before the Scottish Parliament. (6) In preparing or revising the strategy, the Scottish Ministers must consult— (a) the Council, (b) The Skills Development Scotland Co.
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9 June 2022
SPBill04AENS062022accessible
Section 1 imposes a duty on the Scottish Ministers to publish and lay before the Scottish Parliament a national good food nation plan. 6.
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30 June 2025
Letter from NZET Convener to Committee Conveners on Climate Change Plan 26 June 2025
The legislation includes a statutory requirement for the Scottish Government to publish, and lay in Parliament for consideration by committees, a draft Plan on how they intend to meet the targets.
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30 June 2025
NZET Convener to CabSec_climate change plan timing 26 June 2025
The legislation includes a statutory requirement for the Scottish Government to publish, and lay in Parliament for consideration by committees, a draft Plan on how they intend to meet the targets.
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7 May 2025
Chamber_Minutes_20250423
David McGill Clerk of the Parliament 23 April 2025 Appendix (Note: this Appendix does not form part of the Minutes) Committee Reports The following reports were published on 23 April 2025— Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, 26th Report, 2025 (Session 6): Delegated powers in the Dog Theft (Scotland) Bill at Stage 1 (SP Paper 771) Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, 6th Report, 2025 (Session 6): Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee report on the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SP Paper 772) Subordinate Legislation Document subject to approval The following document was laid before the Parliament on 23 April 2025 and is subject to parliamentary approval— SPSO Statement of Complaints Handling Principles [draft] laid under section 16A of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 Other Documents The following documents were laid before the Parliament on 23 April 2025 and are not subject to parliamentary procedure— City of Glasgow College Annual Report and Accounts...
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21 May 2025
SFC to ECYP 20 May 25
There was an unprecedented delay in laying the accounts for three colleges in 2022-23, and two remain outstanding.
Committees
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7 October 2021
Letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business to the Convener following appearance at Committee
However, we have progressed some aspects of the Act and are now close to laying regulations and commencing the relevant provisions which will introduce:
The new right for communities to prepare their own local place plans, which planning authorities must take into account when preparing their local development plans....
Last updated:
31 July 2019
Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill as introduced
Accountability 18 Strategic plans (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each 4 year period— 35 (a) prepare and publish a strategic plan, (b) lay a copy of the plan before the Scottish Parliament before the beginning of the 4 year period to which it relates. 8 Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill (2) Before publishing a strategic plan, the Commissioner must consult on a draft of it with— (a) the Parliamentary corporation, and (b) such other persons as the Commissioner considers appropriate. 5 (3) A strategic plan is a plan setting out how the Commissioner proposes to perform the Commissioner’s functions during the period covered by the plan and, in particular, setting out— (a) what the Commissioner’s objectives and priorities are for that period, (b) how the Commissioner proposes to achieve them, 10 (c) what the timetable is for doing so, and (d) what the estimated costs are of doing so. (4) The Commissioner may, at any time, review and revise a strategic plan. (5) Where the Commissioner revises a strategic plan— (a) subsections (1) to (4) apply to the revised strategic plan as they apply to the 15 original strategic plan, (b) the reference in subsection (1) to the 4 year period is to be read as a reference to the period to which the revised strategic plan relates. (6) In this section, “4 year period” means— (a) the period of 4 years beginning with 1 April next following the coming into force 20 of this section, and (b) each subsequent period of 4 years. 19 Budgets (1) The Commissioner must, before the start of each financial year— (a) prepare proposals for the Commissioner’s use of resources and expenditure during 25 the year (a “budget”), and (b) by such date as the Parliamentary corporation determines, send the budget to it for approval. (2) The Commissioner may, in the course of a financial year, prepare a revised budget for the remainder of the year and send it to the Parliamentary corporation for approval. 30 (3) In preparing a budget or revised budget, the Commissioner must ensure that the Commissioner’s resources will be used economically, efficiently and effectively. (4) A budget or revised budget must contain a statement confirming that the Commissioner has complied with the duty under subsection (3). 20 Accountable officer 35 (1) The Parliamentary corporation must designate the Commissioner or a member of the Commissioner’s staff as the accountable officer for the purposes of this section. (2) The functions of the accountable officer are— (a) signing the accounts of the expenditure and receipts of the Commissioner, Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill 9 (b) ensuring the propriety and regularity of the finances of the Commissioner, (c) ensuring that the resources of the Commissioner are used economically, efficiently and effectively, and (d) where the accountable officer is not the Commissioner, the duty set out in subsection (3). 5 (3) The duty referred to in subsection (2)(d) is a duty, where the accountable officer is required to act in a way that the accountable officer considers would be inconsistent with the proper performance of the functions specified in subsections (2)(a) to (c), to— (a) obtain written authority from the Commissioner before taking the action, and 10 (b) send a copy of that authority as soon as possible to the Auditor General for Scotland. (4) The accountable officer is answerable to the Scottish Parliament for the performance of the functions in subsection (2). 21 Accounts and audit 15 (1) The Commissioner must— (a) keep proper accounts and accounting records, (b) prepare in respect of each financial year a statement of accounts, and (c) send a copy of the statement to the Auditor General for Scotland for auditing. (2) The Commissioner must comply with any directions which the Scottish Ministers give 20 the Commissioner in relation to the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) and (b). (3) The Commissioner must make the audited statement of accounts available, without charge, for inspection at all reasonable times. 22 Annual report (1) The Commissioner must, in respect of each financial year— 25 (a) prepare and publish a report on the Commissioner’s activities during that year, and (b) lay a copy of the report before the Scottish Parliament before the expiry of the period of 7 months beginning with the last day of that year. (2) The report must include— 30 (a) a review of issues identified by the Commissioner in the financial year as being relevant to the use of biometric data for criminal justice and police purposes, (b) a review of the Commissioner’s activity in that year, including the steps taken to fulfil each of the Commissioner’s functions, (c) any recommendations by the Commissioner arising out of such activity. 10 Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill Meaning of key terms 23 Meaning of “biometric data” (1) In this Act, “biometric data” means information about an individual’s physical, biological, physiological or behavioural characteristics which is capable of being used, 5 on its own or in combination with other information (whether or not biometric data), to establish the identity of an individual. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), “biometric data” may include— (a) physical data comprising or derived from a print or impression of or taken from an individual’s body, 10 (b) a photograph or other recording of an individual’s body, (c) samples of or taken from any part of an individual’s body from which information can be derived, and (d) information derived from such samples. 24 Interpretation 15 except where the context requires otherwise— In this Act, “code of practice” means a code of practice in effect by virtue of section 9(1), “Commissioner” means the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner, “Parliamentary corporation” means the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body.
Last updated:
11 June 2024
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The Scottish Ministers may wish to direct the manager of a revenue-generating asset to transfer funds from that manager’s income account to the income account of the manager in need of funds..
