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Kind Regards,
TOM ARTHUR.
Response on laying date for the Fourth National Planning Framework.
response on laying date for the fourth national planning framework.
It is important that we obtain Parliamentary agreement to the principle of creating the NCS, and transferring accountability to Scottish Ministers, to support those further discussions on the detailed arrangements for services.
For these exceptional, but unavoidable, reasons beyond our control and the imperative to have this in place before the election period to protect devolution, I am writing to notify you that we anticipate a need to breach the 40-day laying requirement in Standing Orders.
However, she highlighted that “beneficiaries could have a fundamental role in a trust in holding the trustees accountable. They cannot do that if they are not properly informed".Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee.
Committee reports
Date published:
16 November 2022
Failure to comply with the laying requirements
The Scottish Government accepts that, in the ordinary course of events, it would be usual to withdraw draft affirmative instruments and re-lay them when issues are identified after laying.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 September 2024