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The UK Government said it supported this proposed change in principle and will look at making relevant amendments to the Bill in future (see the associated BBC news article, dated 11 March 2025).
Some election expenditure arranged prior to postponement is unlikely to be repeated for a new polling day (e.g. in voter registration or for re-using ballot papers despite being printed with the original date) but other costs may have to be incurred anew. (…)
The overall conclusion is that the Bill’s provisions on emergency re-scheduling of elections are no...
The Committee then wrote to the Minister for Victims and Community Safety to highlight the evidence received to date and ask further questions of the Minister.
For example, a year ago, the UK body, the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, made a recommendation about four particular illnesses that are related to COVID-19. To date, the UK Government has not acted on that information.
The only way of extending the measures beyond that date would be for the Scottish Parliament to pass a further piece of primary legislation, i.e. another bill separate from the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill.
The Explanatory Notes (para 40) state that the regulations could include:
the conferral of additional functions on an educational establishment relating to the provision of education or (only where an education authority or a further or higher education institution is concerned) the use of an educational establishment’s premises for the purpose of protecting public health, for example for testing or vaccination; the alteration of term dates...
This decision was taken in response to the Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Act 2021 which provides that the Scottish Parliament will not be dissolved until 5 May 2021 to permit the Parliament to meet to legislate for a new polling date if required.
The report includes the previous membership of the Committee during the reporting year:
Annie Wells MS...
This decision was taken in response to the Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Act 2021 which provides that the Scottish Parliament will not be dissolved until 5 May 2021 to permit the Parliament to meet to legislate for a new polling date if required.
The remit of the Committee is to consider and report on matters falling under the responsibilities of ...