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Recommendation 2: To pro-rata the relevant office cost elements to the period starting with the date a Member enters the new local office to the end of the financial year for the first financial year.
SCOTS estimates that the total cost could be spread over six years, but with around 90% of the cost concentrated in two years (the first two years from the date of commencement) – i.e. around £9m in each of those two years.
That the Parliament agrees that the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 (Consequential Modifications, Saving and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2023 draft be approved.
At the Covid-O meeting just last week, I made representations to the UK Government and asked for the advice to be made available to us. However, to date, it has still not been provided.