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Prior to the budget being published, we worked closely with the Consumer Policy liaison team in the Scottish Government and appreciate their constructive approach to discussions. You may recall from our most recent session with the committee that Consumer Scotland receives two streams of funding.
Beyond the whisky industry there are concerns as to how exactly these regulations will affect other sectors, too, such as agriculture, where AD is used as an important way to improve organic wastes on farm and kill pathogens that may otherwise be spread directly to land, whilst at the same time producing meaningful carbon neutral energy.
In 2018, one of my predecessors, responding to post-legislative scrutiny of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), ensured officials developed the joint action plan with Audit Scotland, the UK Government and the Scottish Government to enhance the NFI over time, an update of this plan was provided to the Committee in May 2022. I consider that joint working is ...
Although the TCA does not impact on the provision of advice by UK lawyers on EU law to such clients (providing the services are provided in the UK or outside the EU), such clients now have to be advised that the advice provided by a UK lawyer may not be considered to be privileged by the CJEU or the Commission (a point of importance in relation to advice, f...
This initiative, which took place between May and September 2023, focused on targeting high-risk populations, particularly in areas of socioeconomic deprivation, where awareness of stroke symptoms is statistically lower.
We will continue to keep you, and the Education, Children and Young People Committee informed on progress with the commitments in the Prospectus and I am happy to answer any questions you may have. Yours sincerely Fiona Robertson SQA Chief Executive and Scotland’s Chief Examining Officer
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Further to my letter of 16 September, I would like to take the opportunity to thank you for giving evidence to the Committee as part of our inquiry on 14 May 2024, and for your contribution during the Committee debate.
Importantly, we would aim to inform an understanding on the extent to which additional cuts to funding may preclude the Officeholders from acquitting the statutory functions that they were established by the Scottish Parliament to fulfil.
The Committee therefore asks the UK Government: • why it considers it appropriate that the principal aspects of the policy of the Bill are to be established through subordinate legislation; • how it envisages that this power may be used in relation to devolved matters; Contact: Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee, The Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh, E...