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The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill was introduced to the UK Parliament on 19 May 2005, having previously been published in draft on 10 February 2005.
This means that any increased risk from diverging tax policy such as the introduction of the new advanced rate band in 2024/25 may not be apparent until 2026/27 at the earliest.
Moreover, the Scottish Government which emerges after the 7 May 2026 Holyrood election may wish to make some in-year changes, though too much change then would be disruptive. 3.
It is hard to see how the Scottish Government will have time to fully reflect on what the Parliament may say about the draft and what could be changed.
Again, the strict logic of the application of the rule may 1 not be followed in Scotland. In Countess of Dunmore v Alexander , the Countess wrote to her friend, Lady Agnew, to engage Betty Alexander to be the Countess’ servant.
They are encountering no particularly new territory; the competence and drafting have been explored in other parliaments and have passed scrutiny. The Committee may wish to explore broader issues of policy – how we create the conditions that could meet the aims of this and other diet, and healthy food environment ambitions.
However, my Bill will not be enacted until after the May 2026 election. Once enacted, its provisions will be subject to the normal budgetary processes of the Scottish Government.