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Official Report, 20 June 2024, Col 36
Aff the Streets also speculated that only those with clear documentation pertaining to, for example, a set release date from prison from or a date to leave care will be able to benefit from the switch from two months to six months.iiThe Social Justice and Social Security Committe...
Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee Meeting date: Thursday, November 9, 2023. Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/official-report/search-what-was-said-in-parliament/SPPAC-09-11-2023?
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Date published:
22 February 2024
On 29 March 2023, the Convener of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee wrote to the newly elected First Minister, Humza Yousaf, seeking clarification of the Scottish Government?s up-to-date position regarding the planned timetable for completion of Stage 1 scrutiny of the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill.
The Committee highlights the correspondence between the Committee and the Minister for Parliamentary Business dated 6 and 21 October in relation to options for Parliamentary scrutiny of the exercise of such powers.
As part of the Scottish Government’s commitment to keeping the Scottish Parliament up to date, we wished to inform you as soon as possible of these changes.
Carer's Allowance Supplement - an automatic additional payment made in June and December to people in Scotland getting Carer's Allowance on the qualifying dates. In 2021, the June payment was £231.40.
Convener, Social Justice and Social Security Committee. Letter dated 1 July 2021. (2021). (n.p.): (n.p.). (1 July 2021) states that the DWP are:
no longer in a position to support the process of ‘household matching’ of data on reserved benefits via the Seasonal Payments System when the winter benefits are devolved.
Require new and old legislation to be read wherever possible in a way that is compatible with the UNCRC requirements; where this is not possible:
courts will be able to 'strike down' old incompatible legislation (being legislation which pre-dates the Bill), meaning that it no longer forms part of Scots law; or,
make a declaration that new legislation (being legislation which post-dates the Bill) is incompatible with the UNCRC.