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Last updated: 10 May 2022

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United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill (G) Stage 1 debate, 21 January 2021 Stage 1 report (Equalities and Human Rights Committee) published, 20 December 2020 University of St.

Last updated: 4 May 2023

Trusts and Succession Scotland Bill Summary of evidence

The call for views on the Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill (‘the Bill’) ran from 6 January to 17 March 2023.

Last updated: 5 December 2024

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Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill (G) Passed, 22 December 2022 Following an Order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 made by the Secretary of State for Scotland, this Bill cannot b...

Committee reports Date published: 4 February 2025

Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill - Stage 1 Report - What is residential outdoor education?

It highlighted that in 2010, Learning and Teaching Scotland stated in its report, Curriculum for Excellence for outdoor learners, that1The Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Bill Policy Memorandum, page 5..

Last updated: 28 October 2025

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Contract (Formation and Remedies) (Scotland) Bill: The Committee will consider the delegated powers provisions in this Bill at Stage 1.

Committee reports Date published: 13 November 2019

Stage 1 Report on the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill - Introduction

The Committee received a letter from the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Veterans on 17 October 2019 indicating that he considered that the following provisions in the Bill [as introduced] relate to protected subject-matter as defined by section 31(5) of the Scotland Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”): section 1 of the Bill, which makes a number of amendments in respect of the franchise for local government elections in Scotland; section 4 of the Bill, which amends the Representation of the People Act 1983 to provide an exception, in relation to local government elections in Scotland, to the existing universal prohibition on “convicted persons” detained within a “penal institution” voting at any election in the UK; (As a result of section 11 of the 1998 Act, the amendments made by section 1 and section 4 of the Bill also apply to the persons entitled to vote as electors at an election for membership of the Scottish Parliament). section 8 of the Bill, which confers on the Scottish Ministers a power to make such ancillary provision, by regulations, as they consider appropriate for the purposes of, in connection with or for giving full effect to the Bill or any provision made under it.

SPICe briefings Date published: 31 August 2017

Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Re-determinations

The policy memorandum suggests that this process: is called a 're-determination' as during this stage, the agency would put aside the original determination and go through the entire process of making a new determination rather than just examining whether the original decision was right or not. para 206 Social Security (Scotland) Bill [as introduced] Policy Memorandum, SP Bill 18-PM. (2017).

Official Report Meeting date: 17 September 2024

Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee 17 September 2024

I expect us to be back in public session by just after 9 o’clock. 08:51 Meeting continued in private. 09:28 On resuming—Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Climate Change (Emissions Reduction Targets) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 1 Welcome back.

Official Report Meeting date: 10 March 2022

Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 10 March 2022

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.

Last updated: 29 February 2024

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