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We will endeavour to carry out the detailed scrutiny that would be expected of us and allow the Parliament the chance to get the legislation on the statute book by the summer recess to ultimately give those 110,000 young people of Scotland the right that every other citizen of Scotland expects in a modern democracy: the right to vote. 17:09 We support and welcome the order for three reasons.
Members indicated agreement.Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill Under agenda item 2, the committee will take evidence on the Crofting Reform (Scotland) Bill.
Concerns were also raised around possible infringements of human rights relating to privacy, as well as general data protection regulations implications.
However, we also get calls for more spending while they want us to cut taxes for the richest people in our society—at the same time as the United Kingdom Tory Government has been cutting Scotland’s budget, over the decade, to the tune of £3 billion in real terms.
(S5T-02361) Numerous organisations provide advice to people across the country, from small local community organisations to large national organisations including the Citizens Advice Scotland network, Shelter Scotland and StepChange.
Is there sufficient flexibility for people who are registered with doctors in Scotland, whose children are being educated in Scotland and who regard themselves as being resident in Scotland, but who work outside it, to pay their taxes to Scotland?
A special group has been established to make changes, but it is dominated by the Scottish Qualifications Authority and Education Scotland—the very bodies that are under the microscope of the OECD report.
(S5F-04809) We continue to take forward plans to dual the A9 and the A96. Despite the 5 per cent cut to Scotland’s capital budget as a result of Westminster budget decisions, we have completed the first section of the A9 and construction is well under way on the second, with the project expected to open to traffic in the winter of this year.