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As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
An LCM was lodged by Angela Constance MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, on 16 May 2025. 13. Amendments tabled on 24 April 2025 resulted in the requirement for a Supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum, which was lodged on 12 June 2025.
Our view is that this risk is significant and may be compounded by other changes currently underway including the minimum energy efficiency standards for the PRS, the revised EPC requirements that will come into effect later this year and general concerns about rent controls.
Such assessments are site-specific and can consider local topography, drainage characteristics and flood mechanisms in greater detail than is possible within the national Flood Maps, allowing a more detailed and robust appraisal of flood risk for the individual site. However, such assessments may only serve to confirm the flood risk to the site and may result in further confirmation that development in the location is contrary to policy 22 of National Planning Framework (NPF4). 2 The Planning Authority is the decision maker and must consider SEPA’s advice alongside other material considerations including relevant policies in NPF4 when determining a planning application.
Amendment 11 would provide that reports on the operation of the Act may refer to information contained in reports on progress with single-building assessments and remediation work, as required under section 30 of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024.
The court was clear that retention should not be able to achieve such a result and, had retention otherwise been available, the court would have found its use inequitable. It may therefore be said that there may be particular terms in certain contracts where the court will use its equitable discretion to control the ...
This would alleviate the challenge of conducting scrutiny on a bill where expertise may lie in multiple committees. It may also negate the need for secondary committees to consider legislation.