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27 August 2024
The 202223 audit of the Scottish Prison Service SG to PAC 20 Aug 2024
Once they are at full staffing levels circa 670 PCO FTE, best endeavours will be encouraged to maximise bed watches delivered by service provider.
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9 August 2024
NHS in Scotland 2023 DGHSC to PAC 9 August 2024
In terms of the prioritising of investment in relation to prevention measures, the 2025- 26 budget process will require decisions to be made on prioritisation and how any additional funding can be best utilised, with competing pressures across pay, waiting times and ongoing increased demand for services.
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10 June 2024
Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill as Passed
Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill 3 Part 1—Success fee agreements 4 Power to cap success fees (1) The Scottish Ministers may by regulations make provision for or about the maximum amounts of success fees that may be provided for under success fee agreements. (2) Regulations under subsection (1) may specify maximum amounts or provide for them to 5 be determined in accordance with the regulations. (3) Subsection (4) applies where the maximum amount of the success fee that may be provided for under a success fee agreement is restricted— (a) by provision made in regulations under subsection (1), and (b) by, or in accordance with, another enactment. 10 (4) The maximum amount of the success fee that may be paid under the agreement is the lower of the amounts allowed for by, or in accordance with, the enactments mentioned in subsection (3)(a) and (b). (5) A success fee agreement is unenforceable to the extent that it provides for a success fee of an amount that is higher than the maximum amount allowed for by virtue of this 15 section. 5 Exclusion for certain matters (1) A success fee agreement must not be entered into in connection with a matter which may be the subject of civil proceedings of a description specified by the Scottish Ministers in regulations. 20 (1A) Regulations under subsection (1) may relate to all success fee agreements or to success fee agreements of a description specified by the Scottish Ministers in the regulations. 6 Personal injury claims (1) This section applies to a success fee agreement entered into in connection with a claim for damages for— 25 (a) personal injuries, or (b) the death of a person from personal injuries. (2) The agreement must provide that the recipient of the relevant services is not liable to make any payment (including outlays incurred in providing the services) to the provider in respect of the services, apart from the success fee, regardless of whether any damages 30 are obtained. (3) In subsection (2), “outlays” do not include any sums paid in respect of insurance premiums in connection with the claim to which the agreement relates. (4) The agreement— (a) may provide that any damages for future loss obtained in connection with the 35 claim (the “future element”) will be included in the amount of damages by reference to which the success fee is to, or may, be calculated (the “relevant amount of damages”) if the future element is within subsection (5), but (b) otherwise, must provide that any future element will not be included in the relevant amount of damages. 4 Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill Part 1—Success fee agreements (5) The future element is within this subsection if it is to be paid in a lump sum and— (a) does not exceed £1,000,000, or (b) exceeds £1,000,000 and— (i) the provider had not advised the recipient to accept that the future element 5 be paid in periodical instalments, and (ii) the condition in subsection (6) is met. (6) The condition is— (a) in the case where the damages are awarded by a court or tribunal, that the court or tribunal in awarding the future element has stated that it is satisfied that it is in the 10 recipient’s best...
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10 June 2024
Revised Explanatory Notes Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill
If the child’s damages are awarded by a court or tribunal, the court or tribunal must state that it is satisfied that it is in the child’s best interests that the future element of the damages should be paid as a lump sum rather than in periodical instalments.
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10 April 2024
PB_2021_Paper058
Motions submitted for Members’ Business are shown below— S6M-01737: Jim Fairlie: Lamb for St Andrew's Day Campaign - That the Parliament congratulates all those who have been involved in the continuing #LambforStAndrewsDay campaign, including those in the Perthshire South and Kinross-shire constituency; notes the particular involvement of George Purvis in establishing the programme in 2009; welcomes the participation of 180 schools from throughout Scotland, where, it understands, 30,000 portions of Scotch lamb will be cooked and served; considers that the campaign, which seeks to make Scotch lamb synonymous with celebrating St Andrew’s Day, perfectly showcases some of the best...
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22 December 2023
Budget 2024 to 2025 19 December
The £15 million returned in 2024-25 will be used where we can best support our farmers, land managers, rural communities and rural businesses, and has been allocated across a range of programmes in my portfolio.
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2 November 2023
Pre budget scrutiny 2024 25 2 November 2023
In September 2023, COSLA proposed what it described as its best and final pay offer to unions for local government employees.
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14 February 2023
BB20210713
Supported by: Stuart McMillan*, James Dornan*, Natalie Don*, Bill Kidd*, Rona Mackay*, Ross Greer*, Carol Mochan* *S6M-00636 Sharon Dowey: Robyn Love Picked for Team GB—That the Parliament commends the Ayr athlete, Robyn Love, on her selection for the ParalympicsGB wheelchair basketball team in the upcoming Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer; understands that the games will be held between 24 August and 5 September 2021, having been delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic; recognises the high level of achievement by the GB wheelchair basketball team, with the men's and women's teams ranked first and second in world respectively; notes that this is not Robyn's first visit to the games, having competed at the 2016 games less than three years after first taking up the sport; celebrates her previous achievements, including a silver medal in the Osaka championships in spring 2015, a European bronze in autumn 2015, a second European bronze in 2017 and the historic silver medal won by the GB squad in the 2019 European Championships, as well as a silver at the 2018 World Championships and helping the GB team secure its best...
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16 December 2022
Cab Sec response to Prebudget Scrutiny 2023 24
We remain committed to delivering the £10 million Long Covid Support Fund, with £3 million available again in 2023-24 to provide NHS Boards and key partners with additional resource to deliver the best local models of care for assessment, diagnostic tests, and support for the treatment or management of symptoms.
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31 January 2022
20220129_CabSecFEToConvener_SGResponse
I am sympathetic to the Committee’s thoughts on the best use of analysis of comparatives and I will engage with the Scottish Fiscal Commission on this point. 56 - The Committee asks for more detail on exactly how the 57.
