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1 May 2025
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Supported by: Stephanie Callaghan*, Kevin Stewart*, Bill Kidd*, Foysol Choudhury*, Stuart McMillan*, Miles Briggs*, Annabelle Ewing*, Emma Harper* *S6M-17353 Beatrice Wishart: Liberation Convoy Sails from Norway to Shetland to Mark VE Day 80th Anniversary —That the Parliament commemorates 80 years since the end of the Second World War in Europe, the anniversary of which is remembered on 8 May as VE Day (Victory in Europe); understands that this milestone anniversary is being commemorated in Shetland by a Liberation Convoy featuring five historic Norwegian vessels, which will sail from Norway to Lerwick, arriving on 6 May and staying until 9 May 2025, where they will be open to the public with guided tours and exhibitions educating visitors about the role of Norwegian sailors in the Second World War following the Nazi Germany invasion of Norway on 9 April 1940; acknowledges the contribution of Norwegian war sailors, many of whom spent the conflict in exile, and the importance of the ties between Norway and Shetland during Germany’s occupation of Norway when small boats carried refugees, agents and supplies between Shetland and Norway with over 200 trips taking place in what became known as the "Shetland Bus" operation; notes that the vessels in the Liberation Convoy are the cargo ship D/S Hestmanden, known as the Norwegian War Sailor Museum, the M/K...
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5 June 2023
The Carers Assistance Carer Support Payment Scotland Regulations 2023 3 March 2023
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) (k) (l) (m) (n) (o) (p) (q) (r) 20 Determination following official error - underpayments 37.—(1) The Scottish Ministers are to make a determination of an individual’s entitlement to Carer Support Payment, without receiving an application, where— (a) they have previously made a determination of the individual’s entitl...
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23 February 2023
Guidance on Private Bills
Currently, the fee for a “works” Bill (i.e. a Bill to which Rule 9A.1.1A applies) is £10,000; for any other Bill it is £7,500, although a reduced fee of £2,000 is payable if the promoter is a registered charity, a non-profit-making organisation or a private individual (see Annex K). 13 2.78 Introduction of the Bill is recorded in the Parliament’s Business B...
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6 May 2025
R2RBill_DouglasRossMSPToConvener_29Apr25
K enneth Gibson MSP Convener Finance and Public Administration Committee 29 April 2025 Dear Convener, Right to Addiction Recovery (Scotland) Bill – Finance and Public Administration Committee scrutiny of Financial Memorandum During my appearance before the committee on Tuesday 11 March on the Financial Memorandum accompanying my Right to Addiction Recovery...
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11 June 2024
Promoter's Memorandum Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill
The Bill provides for— 2 This document relates to the Pow of Inchaffray Drainage Commission (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 9) as introduced in the Scottish Parliament on 17 March 2017 (a) incorporation of the Commission as a body corporate; (b) the Commission’s functions and powers; (c) the procedures for appointment of Commissioners and their terms of office; (d) the extent of the Pow and the benefited land; (e) heritors’ meetings and Commissioners’ meetings; (f) calculation of the annual assessments payable by each heritor; (g) access by the Commissioners over benefited land and land adjacent to the Pow for necessary purposes (subject to reinstating any damage); (h) the Commission to be treated as an owner of Pow for the purposes of notification under planning legislation; (i) a requirement that any person must obtain consent from the Commission to— • obstruct the Pow, • restrict access to the Pow, • discharge into, or abstract water from, the Pow; (j) recovery of unpaid sums due to the Commission by way of court proceedings; and (k...
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10 June 2024
Housing Amendment Scotland Bill as Amended at Stage 2
Disposal of land etc. by registered social landlords 3 Disposal of land or other assets by registered social landlord (1) The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 is further amended as follows. 30 (2) In section 78 (effect of moratorium on disposal of registered social landlord’s land), in subsection (2)(b), for “for which the Regulator’s consent is not required because of section 108” substitute “of a type mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (g) and (i) to (k...
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10 June 2024
SPBill20S052017
Disposal of land etc. by registered social landlords 3 Disposal of land or other assets by registered social landlord (1) The Housing (Scotland) Act 2010 is further amended as follows. 30 (2) In section 78 (effect of moratorium on disposal of registered social landlord’s land), in subsection (2)(b), for ―for which the Regulator’s consent is not required because of section 108‖ substitute ―of a type mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (g) and (i) to (k...
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10 June 2024
Delegated Powers Climate Change Emissions Reduction Targets Scotland Bill
Subsection (1) provides that the “target-setting criteria” are the criteria mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (k) of that subsection. The first criterion is the objective of not exceeding the “fair and safe Scottish emissions budget”.
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1 June 2023
Minimum core obligations concepts 31 May 2023
One of the most expansive interpretations is contained in CESCR General Comment 14 (right to health) in which the Committee gives an interpretative list with normative thresholds to define the MCO as follows: • access to health facilities, goods and services on a non-discriminatory basis, especially for vulnerable or marginalized groups; • access to the minimum essential food which is nutritionally adequate and safe, to ensure freedom from hunger to everyone; • access to basic shelter, housing and sanitation, and an adequate supply of safe and potable water; • access to essential drugs, as from time to time defined under the WHO Action Programme on Essential Drugs; • the equitable distribution of all health facilities, goods and services; 8 • implementation of a national public health strategy and plan of action, inter alia. 9 1.6 This approach seeks to identify obligations of conduct and outcome orientated results in meeting the MCO of right to health whilst still allowing significant discretion to the state to 4 D Bilchitz, ‘Towards a Reasonable Approach to the Minimum Core: Laying the Foundations for Future Socio- Economic Rights Jurisprudence’ (South African Journal on Human Rights, 19 (2003)) 15 5 For a discussion on the different disciplinary perspectives on a minimum floor and the use of both absolute and relative standards see K...
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1 February 2023
Post Budget 2023-24 Scrutiny follow up information from Cabinet Secretary 24 January 2023
The infographic provides an overview of how the model is used in Marine Scotland: 11 K ey aspects: • It enables us to prioritise and task our land, sea and aerial assets that cover a vast sea area in the most effective way. • We have the ability to flex and react immediately (both from intelligence and what we observe). • Evaluation of our intelligence and ...
