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At the same time, does the committee wish to welcome the fact that procedures have been put in place to ensure that relevant commencement dates are checked with the UK Government for the next financial year?
Substitute members:
Karen Adam was replaced by Christine Grahame (18 September 2024 to date)
Mercedes Villalba was replaced by Daniel Johnson (25 September 2024 to date)
Jamie Halcro Johnston resigned as substitute on 10 October 2024 and was replaced by Brian Whittle (6 November 2024 to date)
Mark Ruskell was replaced by Ariane Burgess (29 April 2025 to date)
The question, or questions, to be asked and the date will be at the core of any future referendum and therefore a high level of parliamentary scrutiny, short of primary legislation, is required.
Given the extent to which the UK bill has been expedited, as well as our Parliament’s upcoming recess, a legislative consent motion is needed to ensure that we align with the UK Government’s approach.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
6 September 2023
For all other applications, the time within which representations may be made is by a date which is not less than 28 days from the last date on which a relevant notice is published.
What I am suggesting now is that, instead of that scrutiny taking place within the budget process, we set a later date within each financial year, which we align with the end of May or the period just before the summer recess.
One of the advantages, if I can call it that, of having had an election shortly before a recess is that, as a Government minister—I am learning this as we go along—I could use that recess time to bed into the job.