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There might be a rush to finish other committee work as we approach the summer recess and I would have thought that the extra burden of compiling a report might get in the way of finishing things before then.
As with all things, guidance can be followed in different ways and to a greater or lesser degree. The issue that I want to get at is whether you are trying to get a gold-plated provision from the promoter.
The Policy Memorandum says:
"The Bill covers four principal policy areas:
land reform;
a model lease designed for letting land that can be used wholly or partially for environmental purposes which will be known as a Land Management Tenancy (a letting arrangement to support individuals to undertake a range of land use activities in one lease type);
agricultu...
The focus is to ensure that elections are conducted with the interests of the voter at the centre of all activity.
This Bill deals with candidacy rights for Scottish Local Government Elections.
Encouraged the Scottish Government and industry to engage with the Scottish National Investment Bank at the earliest opportunity to actively explore the scope of the Bank to support the Scheme.
That being said, the Minister recognised that reliance solely on powers under the continuity bill would create greater complexity and inefficiencies—
…complexity will be added if we are not able to rely on joint activity between the two sets of ministers and the two Governments.