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The 2023-24 report states that the Secretariat’s Head was appointed in May 2023 but that the Secretariat was “still gearing up and was not fully staffed over the course of this reporting period”.5UK Government. (2025).
The Committees agreed to write to the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy.
Official Report
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committees agreed to take item 3 in private.
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The Committees agreed to write to the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy.
Official Report
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committees agreed to take item 3 in private.
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The Committees agreed to write to the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy.
Official Report
Wednesday, 1 May 2024
1. Decision on taking business in private: The Committees agreed to take item 3 in private.
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Committee reports
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Cabinet Secretary provided further information about section 2(6) and (7) on 30 May 2025. She confirmed that the affirmative procedure would be used for “any regulations which make substantial changes to the legislation”.
Ministers will have a duty to make the regulations and Section 9(2) provides a list of the types of provision these regulations may contain; Section 9(3) provides a list of the types of provision that the regulations must contain.
The SFC anticipates that the proposed mitigation payments would not generate large behavioural responses over and above the ways that families may already have adapted to the Scottish child payment.