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Petitions
The Committee has two current petitions which it is considering:
Petition PE1458 (first introduced in December 2012) - is a petition by Peter Cherbi calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create a Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill or amend present legislation to require all members of the Judiciary in Scotland to submit their interests and hospitality received to a publicly available Register of Interests.
Care services: giving of notices by SCSWIS
Section 29, in Part 3 of the Bill, relates to how Social Care and Social Work Improvement Scotland (SCSWIS, or the ‘Care Inspectorate’) issues formal notices to care service providers.
Petitions
In this reporting year, the Committee has considered the following public petitions:
Petition PE1458 - is a petition by Peter Cherbi calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to create a Register of Pecuniary Interests of Judges Bill or amend present legislation to require all members of the Judiciary in Scotland to submit their interests and hospitality received to a publicly available Register of Interests.
The Policy Memorandum argues in paragraphs 71-72 that this should be 1 December 2004 as, "this was the date of the then First Minister Jack McConnell’s public apology in Parliament, when Scotland began to face up to the harm done to children in care in the past" and also on the basis that the, "regulation, inspection and child protection guidance and standa...
Women and girls
The Policy Memorandum states that—
the Bill could have a positive impact on helping to reduce instances of domestic abuse, and cycles of violence in the home, by reducing instances, and acceptance, of violence in the home.
Compelling individuals to respond in some way would not achieve the policy aim."1Census (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill. (2018, October 2). Retrieved from <a href="http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S5_Bills/CensusScotlandBill/SPBill40PMS052018.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/S5_Bills/CensusSc...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2017
The Committee also asks the Scottish Government to commit to post-legislative scrutiny of the Bill (within five years of its provisions coming into force), in particular to review the impact of introducing QOCS.
Mark Roberts Chief Executive Environmental Standards Scotland Ìrean Àrainneachdail na h-Alba Edward Mountain MSP Convener Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee Scottish Parliament Edinburgh EH99 1SP [email protected] 7 October 2024 Dear Convener, On 9 October 2024, Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) will publish a report summarising its scoping work on the risks posed to Scotland’s soils.
The aim would be that a defibrillator was sited only 2 minutes away from Scotland’s 700,000 school children and 75,000 school staff, which would also available to the local community.