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Dennis Canavan will be late, as he is attending a meeting of the Enterprise and Culture Committee, which is considering his St Andrew's Day BankHoliday (Scotland) Bill.Item 1 concerns the European Commission's work programme.
However, on 27 June, the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning had said:"We deliberately never state timeframes and say, ‘This will be delivered by a certain date,' … I do not want to give an end date".
Last Wednesday evening, I met the four Scottish banks, including the Royal Bank of Scotland, which operates internationally and not only in a Scottish or UK context.
In paragraph 18 (added years) of schedule 3 to the 2009 Act—(a) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “effect” insert “, subject to the modifications in sub-paragraph (2A),”, and(b) after sub-paragraph (2) insert—“(2A) (a) in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the 1999 scheme rules for “irrevocable on and from the date when the Parliamentary corporation accepts it” sub...
That is why the bill is so important.The Liberal Democrats have been at the heart of the debate surrounding the bill. We have had many successes to date, including the deletion of sections 1 and 2, which were on the purposes and principles of sentencing, and the conversion of the Scottish sentencing council into an advisory body.
Anecdotally—although I hope to provide evidence of this to the committee either in writing or at a future date—there seems to be a mismatch in that, with the removal of ring fencing, local authorities are able to access designated funds from central Government that are then used in the general allocation.
They were on the original list of 199 organisations because they are significant bodies. At some future date, functions might be transferred to or from them.