Question reference: S5W-33880
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 8 December 2020
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Current status: Answered by Ash Denham on 18 December 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government when it will bring forward additional succession law reforms following the Succession (Scotland) Act 2016.
Answer
The Scottish Government’s response to its most recent consultation on succession law reform was published earlier this year. The Scottish Government committed to taking forward several issues on which there was a degree of consensus. Not all these matters may require primary legislation, but those which do will be legislated for at the next possible opportunity. It is a matter for the next Government to decide the legislative programme.