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Last updated: 24 January 2020

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Taking evidence by commissioner 5 Taking evidence by commissioner (1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows. (2) In section 271I, after subsection (1), insert— 35 “(1ZA) A court which appoints a commissioner under subsection (1) must— (a) fix a date for the proceedings before the commissioner, and (b) fix a date for a hearing (to be known as a “ground rules hearing”) for the purpose of preparing for the proceedings. 8 Vulnerable Witnesses (Criminal Evidence) (Scotland) Bill (1ZB) The ground rules hearing is to be presided over by— (a) a judge or sheriff if— (i) the court directs that the ground rules hearing be conjoined with another hearing or diet that is to be held before the date of the 5 proceedings to which the ground rules hearing relates and that hearing or diet is presided over by a judge or sheriff, or (ii) it is not reasonably practicable for the ground rules hearing to be presided over by the commissioner appointed to preside over the proceedings to which the ground rules hearing relates, or 10 (b) in any other case, the commissioner appointed to preside over the proceedings to which the ground rules hearing relates. (1ZC) In cases where a judge or sheriff presides over a ground rules hearing in accordance with subsection (1ZB), references to the commissioner in subsection (1ZD) are to be read as references to the judge or, as the case may 15 be, sheriff. (1ZD) The commissioner presiding over a ground rules hearing must— (a) ascertain the length of time the parties expect to take for examination-in- chief and cross-examination, including any breaks that may be required, (b) to the extent that the commissioner considers it appropriate to do so, 20 decide on the form and wording of the questions that are to be asked of the vulnerable witness, (c) if the commissioner considers it appropriate to do so, authorise the use of a supporter at the proceedings, in accordance with section 271L, (d) if the commissioner considers that there are steps that could reasonably 25 be taken to enable the vulnerable witness to participate more effectively in the proceedings, direct that those steps be taken, (e) subject to section 72(8) which applies in relation to the commissioner as it applies in relation to the court, dispose of any application that— (i) has been made under section 275(1) or 288F(2), and 30 (ii) has not yet been disposed of by the court, (f) consider whether the proceedings should take place on the date fixed by the court and postpone the proceedings if the commissioner considers that it is in the interests of justice to do so having regard to all the circumstances, including— 35 (i) whether the parties are likely to be ready for the proceedings to take place on the date fixed by the court and if not, the reasons for that, (ii) any views expressed by the parties on whether the proceedings should be postponed, and 40 (iii) whether postponement is in the interests of the vulnerable witness, and (g) consider and, if appropriate, make a decision on, any other matter that the commissioner considers could be usefully dealt with before the proceedings take place.”.
Official Report Meeting date: 28 January 2020

Meeting of the Parliament 28 January 2020

I expect the oversight board to receive a report from the subgroup about those matters by the Easter recess. Alongside that, the chief nursing officer has instructed a peer review of how the infection prevention and control team approaches and escalates infection incidents.
Official Report Meeting date: 11 May 2023

Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee 11 May 2023

For those reasons, the committee concludes that Maggie Chapman MSP breached the following provisions: sections 13(1) and 13(2) of the Interests of Members of the Scottish Parliament Act 2006, following the definitions and conditions of having a declarable interest in section 12 of the 2006 Act; and paragraphs 6 to 8 of section 3 of the “Code of Conduct for Members of the Scottish Parliament”, 8th Edition, dated...
Committee reports Date published: 27 June 2017

Subordinate Legislation considered on 27 June 2017

As a result, there was no time available for formal questions and a response to be issued and received in time for the Committee’s final meeting before the summer recess. It is appropriate for the Committee to consider this instrument before the recess because an error has been identified in relation to a provision ...
Official Report Meeting date: 5 September 2019

Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints 05 September 2019

The meeting that was scheduled to take place on 20 June, which was just before the recess, was postponed. Its intended content requires that we schedule a further meeting to consider the postponed items.
Last updated: 16 November 2020

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Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill [AS INTRODUCED] CONTENTS Section Application of Act 1 Application of this Act to 2021 election Disapplication of existing law 2 Disapplication of section 2 of the Scotland Act 1998 Postal voting arrangements for 2021 election 3 Closing date for application to vote by post or amend existing absent vote arrangements 4 Report on uptake of postal voting at closing date 5 Power to provide for all-postal vote Other arrangements for 2021 election 6 Dissolution of current Parliament 7 Dissolution of current Parliament: consequential modifications 8 Power to provide for polling on additional days Arrangements for new Parliament 9 First meeting of new Parliament 10 Election of new Presiding Officer Reserve power of Presiding Officer to postpone 2021 election 11 Power of Presiding Officer to postpone election Supplementary 12 Effect of Act on existing power to make provision about elections Final provisions 13 Interpretation 14 Ancillary provision 15 Commencement 16 Short title SP Bill 86 Session 5 (2020) 1 Scottish General Election (Coronavirus) Bill THE FOLLOWING ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS ARE ALSO PUBLISHED: Explanatory Notes (SP Bill 86-EN), a Financial Memorandum (SP Bill 86-FM), a Policy Memorandum (SP Bill 86-PM) and statements on legislative competence (SP Bill 86-LC).
Last updated: 2 October 2024

NHS Forth Valley AGS to PAC 1 Oct 2024

The latest monitoring report shows that of levels. the £14.714m planned savings in 2023/24 to date, only •Ongoing uncertainty regarding price inflation which will have a £3.642m had been achieved.
Last updated: 7 March 2023

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S5W-34469 Oliver Mundell: To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Dumfries and Galloway Council regarding the date for the roll-out of the Dumfries and Galloway Virtual School.
Last updated: 7 March 2023

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S5W-31386 Rachael Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will lay the regulations for Child Disability Payment.
Last updated: 7 March 2023

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S5W-25081 Jeremy Balfour: To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholders the Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People plans to meet following requests made since 1 March 2018 to discuss issues relating to transgender people, gender recognition reform and sex- based women's rights, broken down by the (a) date of each request and (b) expected date and location of each meeting, and what topics will be discussed.

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