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Section 3 - Removal of bail restrictions
Section 3 of the Bill seeks to repeal section 23D of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 which restricts the granting of bail in certain solemn cases.
Although the work of the Board has concluded, the Board’s recommendations have been instrumental and will continue to influence policy through the Covid Recovery Strategy, and the next Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan will be firmly grounded in this approach.
Many have been told “it’s all in your head” or “it’s part of the recovery process”. Even when pain is difficult to diagnose it should be taken seriously rather than being dismissed as post surgery ‘normal’.
Section 11
Currently, all children’s hearings, as well as pre-hearing panels - a form of initial hearing required for certain legal and procedural matters - must consist of three members.
Section 11 of the Bill makes various amendments to the Children's Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act') to allow children...
The prevailing view and recommendation of the Committee was that the practice should cease for four specific areas of Scottish economic statistics: Scottish GDP, the Retail Sales Index for Scotland (RSIS), Quarterly National Accounts Scotland (QNAS) and Government Expenditure and Revenues (GERS).
However, the submission from the Law Society of Scotland questions whether the Bill is sufficiently clear in relation to what amounts to a course of behaviour.
Those will be invested for the benefit of the people of Scotland. Importantly, ScotWind promises to be transformational in delivering wider economic supply chain benefits to help power Scotland’s green recovery the length and breadth of the country.
What the Government is doing, as any responsible Government must, is ensuring that the policy position that is applied complies with all our legal obligations—all of them—including those under the Scotland Act 1998 and the European convention on human rights.