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Under Rule 10.6.5, the Bureau is required to lodge the following motion— Jamie Hepburn on behalf of the Parliamentary Bureau: That the Parliament agrees that the Disclosure (Scotland) Act 2020 (List A and B Offences) Amendment Regulations 2025 (SSI 2025/Draft) be approved.
This ensured that in many policy areas, including some that were devolved, a broadly consistent approach was developed. Following exit from the EU in January 2020, the UK entered a transition period that ended on 31 December 2020.
CVD/S5/20/4
Subordinate Legislation: The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2020
Introduction
At its meeting on 24 June 2020, the Committee took evidence from Michael Russell MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, Europe and External Affairs, on SSI 2020/182: The Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 4) Regulations 2020 (“the Regulations”).
The Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee considered the Bill at Stage 2 on 19 November 2019.
Following the Stage 3 debate on 21 January 2020, the Bill was passed and received Royal Assent on 25 February 2020.
The report made recommendations for designing successful deliberative processes and compiled the following:1OECD. (2020, June 10). Innovative Citizen Participation and New Democratic Institutions: Catching the Deliberative Wave.
Committee meetingsThere were 24 meetings in the parliamentary yearNumberTotal meetings of the Committee24Meetings held wholly in private1Meetings held partly in private21Joint meetings with other Committees0Meetings held outside the Parliament0Meetings held remotely by video conference (from 21 April 2020)0Committee membersMembersPartyNumber of meetings attended (possible total)Alex Cole-HamiltonLD17(24)Angela Constance (from 3 September 2019)SNP15(18)Mary FeeLab22(24)Maurice Golden (from 25 February 2020)Con3(3)Alison Harris (from 25 February 2020)Con3(3)Fulton MacGregorSNP23(24)Ruth MaguireSNP23(24)Oliver Mundell (until 25 February 2020)Con19(21)Gail Ross (until 3 September 2019)SNP6(6)Annie Wells (until 25 February 2020)Con17(21)Substitute membersSubstitute MembersPartyNumber of meetings attendedMiles Briggs (from 25 February 2020)Con0Linda FabianiSNP1Rhoda Grant (until 10 September 2019)Lab2Jamie Greene (10 September 2019 - 25 February 2020)Con1Alison Harris (until 10 September 2019)Con2Willie Rennie (until 25 September 2019)LD0Elaine Smith (from 10 September 2019)Lab0Beatrice Wishart (from 25 September 2019)LD4Reporters: None
Committee Clerk: Claire Menzies
Advisers: None
Visits: The committee made 4 visits linked to the Female Genital Mutilation (Protection and Guidance) (Scotland) Bill.
Early access to £11.4 million of Higher Education Discretionary Funds was given to universities in 2020.
£5 million additional discretionary support funding was announced in December 2020.
The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee considered the regulations at its meeting on 8 December 2020 and did not raise any issues.
Following the evidence session, Shirley-Anne Somerville moved motion S5M-23673 –
That the Social Security Committee recommends that the Scottish Child Payment Amendment Regulations ...
Does the committee wish to note that the original draft Consumer Scotland Act 2020 (Relevant Public Authorities) Regulations 2024 instrument was withdrawn and the present version relaid, following a question that the committee raised with the Scottish Government?