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The post remained a junior one until the May 2011 Scottish Parliament election after which a new cabinet post of Cabinet Secretary for Parliamentary Business and Government Strategy was established with the Minister for Parliamentary Business and Chief Whip reporting to it, [4] this set up remained in place until a government reshuffle in ...
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision, for financial year 2024/25, for the use of resources by the Scottish Administration and certain bodies whose expenditure is payable out of the Scottish Consolidated Fund, for the maximum amounts of borrowing by certain statutory bodies and for authorising the payment of sums out of the Fund; to make provision, for financial year 2025/26, for ...
The Minister for Business is a Junior ministerial post in the Scottish Government. As a result, the Minister does not attend [ 2 ] the Scottish Cabinet . The post was retitled in May 2024, with the Minister supporting the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Gaelic , Kate Forbes .
The Scottish Parliament (Scottish Gaelic: Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ... Amongst the duties of the Bureau are to agree the timetable of business in the chamber, establish ...
An Act of the Scottish Parliament to amend the Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland Act 1871 in order to abolish the offices of librarian and fiscal; to rename the Widows' Fund as the Dependents' Fund and to make further provision as regards persons entitled to the benefit of that fund; to make new provision for members of the Society to resign; and to give the Society new powers ...
In practice, a first minister cannot remain in office against the will of the Scottish Parliament; indeed, the Scotland Act explicitly requires the first minister to either resign or seek a parliamentary dissolution (and with it, new elections) if his or her government "no longer enjoys the confidence of the Parliament."
James Douglas Hepburn (born 21 May 1979) is a Scottish politician who has served as the Minister for Parliamentary Business since May 2024. A member of the Scottish National Party (SNP), he has been Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth since 2011, having previously represented the Central Scotland region from 2007 to 2011.
The Act gave extra powers to the Scottish Parliament, [2] most notably: The ability to raise or lower income tax by up to 10p in the pound. Any change is applied across all tax bands; [3] Devolving stamp duty and landfill tax to Scotland to replace them with new taxes specific to Scotland; The Scottish Government to have borrowing powers, up to ...