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Despite Tory opposition to the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016, our amendments that were lodged at stage 3 of the bill were supported by all parties in the chamber.
Scottish Government's response
The Scottish Government wrote to the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on 15 August 2023 setting out its initial response to the Bill.
The Scottish Government stated that it agrees with the general principles of the Bill, but has some reservations about the provisions in Part 2 on th...
Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill.
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The Committee encourages the Scottish Government to explore whether the two dates could be aligned ahead of the Bill’s Stage 2 consideration.
The Bill also allows a victim’s/survivor’s next of kin to make an application to the redress scheme where the victim/survivor has passed away.
The United Kingdom Internal Market Bill 2019-21 has attracted particular attention in relation to the operation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland and the indication that provisions of the Bill would breach the UK's international law commitments.
The outline of the Bill is as follows. The parts of the Bill which confer regulation-making powers on Scottish Ministers and are therefore of most interest to the Committee are in bold.
The Bill does not specify what these will be, or indeed when this will be, as these decisions will be made by the Government after consultation with SE and SoSE.
Higher Education and Research Bill
The Committee took evidence on this LCM at its meeting on 16 November 2016 from a number of stakeholders.1Education and Skills Committee. (2016). 16 November 2016.