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Strong leadership will be required to support sustainability and improve quality or navigate complex change. This may require workforce changes and working in partnership will be key so that staff may need to work more flexibly across a wider footprint of accountability through aligned contracts, processes, and cultu...
As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member s Bill) has completed Stage 1, ’ amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
As soon as a Public Bill (i.e. a Government, Committee or Member’s Bill) has completed Stage 1, amendments for consideration at Stage 2 may be lodged; and as soon as Stage 2 is completed, amendments for Stage 3 consideration may be lodged.
Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government regarding Civic Head and Senior Councillor salaries, 24 March 2026 Dear Convener, I am writing to notify you of a small issue that has been identified regarding Civic Head and Senior Councillor salaries that has arisen due to a minor discrepancy with one of the Scottish Local Authorities Remuneration Committee’s (SLARC) recommendations, and the solution to resolve this. As you may...
Section 3A of the Bill as amended confers a new regulation-making power on the Scottish Ministers to make provision for, or in connection with, the amendment of visitor levy returns made under section 26 of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”). This may be used to allow liable persons and local authorities to amend these returns.
Section 3A of the Bill as amended confers a new regulation-making power on the Scottish Ministers to make provision for, or in connection with, the amendment of visitor levy returns made under section 26 of the Visitor Levy (Scotland) Act 2024 (“the 2024 Act”). This may be used to allow liable persons and local authorities to amend these returns.
I would be happy to provide any further clarification the Committee may require. Yours sincerely, Ivan McKee MSP Minister for Public Finance Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.
In relation to amendments of Acts of the Scottish Parliament by UK legislation these may not be within the scope of the interpretive/remedial duties under sections 4 and 5, but they will be within the scope of the duty on the Scottish Ministers under section 2 unless the amendments create an unavoidable breach of the Charter. 2
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One fifth of businesses who had purchased products from the energy market had experienced a consumer problem that had impacted their business Consumer Scotland is already working with stakeholders in the energy and water markets to drive up standards for small businesses in those sectors: • In energy we have had success in influencing DESNZ’s proposed approach to regulation of Third Party Intermediaries (brokers) so that it will provide greater protection for those consumers using higher risk products and services • In water Consumer Scotland is chairing a cross-sector Governance Group which will monitor and review the first Code of Practice for the non-household sector, which has been in operation since April 2025 To help achieve a positive consumer experience for small businesses – and avoid the negative impact on time and resource that can flow from consumer problems - the report makes a series of clear, practical recommendations including: • To help small businesses access appropriate consumer and contractual information the Scottish Government should work with small business representatives, consumer advocacy organisations and advice bodies to explore the scope to enhance access to consumer and contract law information for small businesses. We consider there may...