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The Scottish Regulations need to come into force on 28 March 2025 to provide a statutory basis for Scottish customers to continue to be charged for UK ENIC services from the start date of the new contract procured by UK Government.
MSPs marked as * served as Ministers, PO or DPOs during this parliamentary year and would not have served on committees during that time. Dates of service are given under each individual committee in section 4.3.MSPConvenerDeputy ConvenerCommittee MemberSubstitute MemberGeorge Adam*Karen AdamEHRCJEHRCJ, RAIRAIClare AdamsonCEEACAlasdair AllanCEEAC, RAISPPATo...
The Scottish Government is able to stop the Member's Bill from proceeding by indicating that it plans to introduce a Government Bill to change the law in a similar way within two years or by the end of the session if that date is sooner.
If a Member secures the required support for their final proposal and the Scottish Government does not indicate that it p...
In January, the Minister informed the Committee that the coming into force date for parts of the regulations would be delayed to 30 June 2025 to “allow pub owning businesses additional time to prepare for some of the more challenging aspects of the code.”
Committee reports
Date published:
24 February 2025
Committee consideration
The DPM explains that the Scottish Ministers consider it appropriate to bring the substantive provisions of the Bill into force at a date that they consider suitable. The DPM adds that the coming into force of the Bill’s substantive provisions will have implications for parties involved in commercial leases.
In September 2024, the Scottish Government said to SPICe:
We don’t have a date yet for the completion of that work but it should help inform the next steps in due course.
The instrument was laid under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 and was referred to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee for consideration. The date of commencement for the instrument is 24 February 2025.
Successful applicants, who are granted a full gender recognition certificate, are, from the date of issue, considered in law to be of their acquired gender.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 November 2024
Those savings are detailed in the Cabinet Secretary’s letter to the Committee of the same date and as are follows:
Up to £60 million from emergency spending controls within the Scottish Government;
£65 million of savings from the removal of the discounted Rail Peak Fares and the concessionary fares extension to asylum seekers pilot plus agreement for local ...