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Amendment 18 makes clear on the interdict the expiry date of the powers of arrest and that, while the powers of arrest are in force, any breach of the interdict is a criminal offence.
Whether or not Europe moves from the current proposal to some new concept that might be introduced at a later date, at the moment such a proposal would not make great progress.
There is an element of that, but there is also a goodly chunk of back pay for those whose settlements are now being implemented but dated back to the time when the single status agreements were reached.
We return to IT in later in the report, but note here that the IT infrastructure in the meetings rooms is felt by many staff to be dated and sometimes the location and dimensions of the hardware itself puts further constraints on how effectively these (often already tight) spaces can be used.
As a starting point the white paper seeks to define the UK’s Internal Market stating it was established after the 1707 Act of Union. Whilst the Internal Market may date back over 300 years, the impact of EU membership effectively meant a definition for it wasn't necessary even when devolution for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland was delivered in 1999.
He said:
The Scottish Government have been clear that, to date, engagement in relation to the future relationship negotiations has been woefully inadequate.
During its evidence session on 17 December, the Promoter suggested that there are 203 potential beneficiaries of the Widows' Fund and that, at the date of the evidence session, the value of the fund was approximately £11million.
A European Commission position paper on Intellectual property rights (including geographical indications published in September 2017 set out the Commissions expectation in relation to GIs when negotiating the Withdrawal Agreement:
In the specific case of protected geographical indications, protected designations of origin and other protected terms in relation to agricultural products (traditional specialities guaranteed and traditional terms for wine) protected under Union law before the withdrawal date...
Rather than set out a proposed plan, the Bill provides that, following further consultation, the first National Island Plan would be laid before the Scottish Parliament within 12 months from the date on which the Act comes into force.