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Finance and Constitution Committee, and Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee Consideration
The Finance and Constitution Committee issued a call for views on the estimated financial implications of the Bill, receiving 4 responses by their closing date of 30 January 2020iThe Scottish Parliament, Finance and Constitution Committee, Forensic Medical Serv...
It touched on the various reasons why people who have experienced sexual harassment may choose to make a complaint at a later date.
Both submissions welcomed the proposed creation of an alternative, independent route for complaints that did not involve complaining directly to the employing MSP under employment laws.
Our final evidence session was a round table with a selection of attendees who were involved in the public panels in Phase One to discuss the evidence presented to us in Phase Two of the inquiry.
Date of meetingAttendees24 September 2019Allied Health Professionals
Multi-disciplinary teams
1 October 2019Primary care professionals
General Practitioners
8 Octo...
The reasons for not complying are set out in a letter from the Scottish Government to the Presiding Officer dated 29 January 2020 (see Annex).
The Committee is content with the reasons given by the Scottish Government for bringing the Regulations into force so quickly.
The Cabinet Secretary indicated that Police Scotland’s view was that the re-planning activity was not providing a sufficiently strong evidence base on which to agree a new date for full integration of railway policing in Scotland.
The Explanatory Notes which accompany the Bill explain that section 1 raises the age of criminal responsibility to 12 and, when taken together with sections 2 and 3, ensure that from the date new section 41This refers to section 41 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act which sets out the age at which a child can be held criminally responsible in Scotla...
At the time of reporting, the Bill is scheduled to receive its second reading in the House of Commons on 15 June 2018. The date for consideration of the Bill at report stage is not yet known.
At its meeting on 27 March 2018, the Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government with a number of questions on the new and revised delegated powers in the Bill following the amendments made at Stage 2.iThe Committee's letter dated 27 March 2018 is available here.