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To further inform our consideration of the provisional Framework we held the following evidence sessions—
Date of MeetingAttendees19 January 2021The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, University of Aberdeen (representing SEFARI - Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes)
Food and Drink Federation Scotland
26 January 2021Minister...
The Committee considered the delegated powers in the Bill at Stage 1 in light of the Scottish Government’s Delegated Powers Memorandum. The Committee’s Stage 1 report dated 25 September 2020 made a number of recommendations in relation to the delegated powers in the following sections of the Bill:
Section 1(1) – Power to make provision corresponding to EU l...
The Committee therefore recommends that the eligibility date for next of kin payments should be aligned with eligibility for the rest of the redress scheme.
It notes that:
In many cases, it will be impossible to attribute or apportion the NHS treatment to individual causes for the purpose of the Bill....The treatment of individuals with industrial disease is by no means as straightforward as it can be for accident victims where there is a clear date upon which the injury occurs and clear evidence of the injury...
Committee reports
Date published:
17 September 2020
The purpose of the provisions is to ensure that the application of the Bill is non-retrospective and that an industrial employer’s liability (to repay NHS charges) only relates to that part of the period during which the employer exposed the worker to harmful events which was after the date on which the core provisions of the Bill came into force.
Proposed changes in the Bill include the following concerning hate crime characteristics (simply referred to as characteristics in the Bill):
updating the definition of transgender identity, including the removal of intersexuality which would instead be covered under variations in sex characteristics
adding age
allowing sex to be added at a later date by se...
Where Ministers propose to refuse an application, notice must given setting out the reasons for refusal, and specifying the date by which representations may be made.
Despite this, the Scottish Government has not seen a fully strategic approach to planning for heat networks to date, and this has led to a patchwork of different approaches and methodologies which are not standardised across Scotland.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we delayed our scrutiny of social care to a later date. We aim to publish summaries of the submissions received in our call for views by spring/summer 2020.