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MSPs to consider impact of Brexit on devolution

A Holyrood committee is to carry out an inquiry into how Brexit has impacted on devolution. MSPs on the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee believe there needs to be a much wider debate about where power lies in the wake of ...

06 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Committee urges Swinney to publish budget on December 15

Holyrood’s Finance and Public Administration Committee has urged the Deputy First Minister to publish the draft budget on December 15. John Swinney, who is in charge of Scotland’s finances while Finance Secretary Kate Forbes is on maternity leave, ...

05 Oct 2022 at 16:50

Scotland

Rent freeze to be treated as emergency legislation

Legislation that would temporarily freeze rents and ban evictions in Scotland will be treated as an emergency Bill following a vote in Holyrood. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill will be debated at stage one on Tuesday, with ...

04 Oct 2022 at 17:04

Scotland

Rent freeze strikes right balance between tenants and landlords – minister

Emergency legislation to freeze rents in Scotland “strikes the right balance” between protecting tenants and ensuring landlords can still offer properties for rent, a minister has said. Patrick Harvie, the Scottish Government’s tenants’ rights ...

04 Oct 2022 at 13:37

Scotland

Rent freeze Bill passes first stage at Holyrood

Legislation that would temporarily freeze rents and ban evictions in Scotland has passed its first stage in the Scottish Parliament. MSPs backed the general principles of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill by 88 votes to ...

04 Oct 2022 at 18:59

Scotland

Emergency legislation on rent freeze to be debated

Emergency legislation which would freeze rents and ban evictions until April will be debated in Holyrood on Tuesday. The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Bill was announced as part of the Programme for Government last month in ...

04 Oct 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

Three-quarters of MSPs should support independence before new vote – Tory peer

Three-quarters of MSPs should support independence before a new referendum is allowed, a Conservative peer has said. Writing in the Daily Telegraph, Lord Frost also said those in favour of the union “need to start fighting back” against ...

19 Aug 2022 at 17:22

Scotland

MSP: Anti-monarchy arrests raise ‘questions’ over anti-abortion protest stance

The handling of anti-monarchy protesters in recent weeks raises “interesting questions” when compared to cases of anti-abortion gatherings, a Scottish Greens MSP has said. Gillian Mackay is spearheading proposals to bring in buffer ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

MSPs seek clarity over proposed new hunting with dogs laws

Urgent clarification is needed on several areas of the Scottish Government’s bill on hunting with dogs, MSPs have said. Holyrood’s Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee has been scrutinising proposals which will ...

27 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Scotland

MSPs urged to back Bill to unseat politicians who fail to turn up to Holyrood

MSPs have been urged to back a Bill which aims to unseat MSPs convicted of a crime or who do not take part in their parliamentary duties. Scottish Conservative MSP Graham Simpson has lodged the final proposals of the Removal from ...

27 Sept 2022 at 15:01

Scotland

SNP publishes argument it submitted in court battle over Indyref2

The SNP has published the argument it submitted to the UK Supreme Court case which could allow the Scottish Parliament to hold another referendum on independence. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC referred a prospective referendum ...

27 Sept 2022 at 15:10

Scotland

Greens MSP: Branding anti-abortion protests as ‘vigils’ is wholly inappropriate

The MSP leading proposals for buffer zones outside Scotland’s abortion clinics has said it is “wholly inappropriate” to suggest anti-abortion protesters are engaging in “vigils”. Gillian Mackay, from the Scottish Greens, has ...

23 Sept 2022 at 17:44

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