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Article 1 of Protocol 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights also means that pension rights are property rights under the Convention which governments must respect.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday 24 September 2019, when we will take evidence on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill. 11:54 Meeting continued in private until 12:28.
The committee may wish to note that the order fulfils the Scottish Government’s undertaking to bring forward an order under section 55 of the Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014. The order is made in consequence of that act, and it amends sections 7(2)(b) and 7(4) of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 to bring those provisions into line with section 16 of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Bill.
The Government takes community empowerment very seriously, but it must work from the ground up. The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Bill recognises the importance of bodies such as community councils and will confer extra powers on them.
Unfortunately, the Scottish people do not seem to have confidence in Police Scotland’s crime statistics. A recent survey by the Scottish Police Authority reports that three quarters of respondents do not believe the Scottish Government’s assertion that crime in Scotland is falling.
The petition, which was lodged by Bill Alexander, calls on the Scottish Government to ensure that the 30-day supply chain payment policy is being complied with.
Following this, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) shared an interim update on the practical implications of the UK Supreme Court judgement.