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Holyrood Committee welcomes Scottish Government commitment to introduce primary legislation for constitutional referendums

20.11.2019

A Holyrood Committee has welcomed confirmation from the Scottish Government that it will introduce primary legislation to allow any future referendum on independence to take place.

Scottish Parliament should have full scrutiny powers for major referendums, says Holyrood Committee

17.09.2019

Scottish Parliament should have full scrutiny powers for major referendums, says Holyrood Committee

Holyrood Committee questions Government on move to allow prisoners to vote in by-election

08.08.2019

A Holyrood Committee is seeking answers after it was not given advance notice of the Scottish Government’s intention to allow prisoners in Shetland the right to vote in an upcoming by-election.

Committee endorses Prescription (Scotland) Bill but calls for further rationale from Scottish Government on 20 year council tax rule

15.06.2018

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has recommended that the general principles of the Prescription (Scotland) Bill be agreed to when it reaches its Stage 1 debate in Parliament later this month.

Parliamentary Committee publishes its findings of Brexit bill scrutiny

08.05.2018

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (DPLR) has published its report on the supplementary Legislative Consent Memorandum (LCM) on the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.

Committee calls for views on the Prescription (Scotland) Bill

07.03.2018

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee has today launched a call for evidence as part of its Stage 1 consideration of the Prescription (Scotland) Bill.

Senior MSPs to set out concerns at House of Lords talks on EU Withdrawal Bill

18.01.2018

Senior MSPs representing three Holyrood Committees will attend House of Lords talks on Thursday on the EU (Withdrawal) Bill and Brexit.

‘UK Ministers should not be able to make law in devolved areas without the consent of the Scottish Government’ a Committee of MSPs says

17.11.2017

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee says that UK Ministers should not be able to make law in devolved areas without the consent of the Scottish Government.

Scottish Government should revisit its approach to the Code of Practice for Named Persons information sharing proposals, says Holyrood committee

27.10.2017

The Scottish Government should revisit its approach to the code of practice for ‘named persons’ information sharing, and consider providing the Parliament with a vote on the final version of the code, says Committee.

Parliamentary Committees engage in inter-parliamentary dialogue on Brexit at Westminster

13.10.2017

Senior representatives of three Scottish Parliament Committees today participated in inter-parliamentary dialogue on Brexit related issues.

Call for Evidence on law to fix problem with disclosure regime

09.10.2017

Committee of MSPs to examine a law to fix problems identified by the courts with the disclosure regime.

Effective joint working essential to meet surge in Brexit legislation

05.10.2017

A Committee of MSPs is readying itself for a mountain of legislation as a result of Brexit.

Call for Evidence on the Delegated Powers in the EU (Withdrawal) Bill

11.09.2017

The Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee is today issuing a call for evidence in relation to the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill.

MSPs agree the general principles of the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill

12.05.2017

Holyrood’s Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee (DPLR) has recommended the general principles of the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill be approved.

Views sought on the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill

24.02.2017

A call for evidence from all interested individuals and organisations has been issued on the Contract (Third Party Rights) (Scotland) Bill.

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