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At its meeting on 22 April 2025, the Committee considered and approved the recruitment pack for the appointment of two new Commissioners to the SFC. These vacancies arise as Professor Francis Breedon and Professor David Ulph reach the end of their second terms in office on 7 October 2025.
Scottish Government grant subsidy
The Scottish Government provides grants to social landlords to help deliver new homes, with social landlords funding the remainder of the costs.
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However, Rachel Wood told us there were issues with the Bill’s “special rule” exemptions which build on existing powers the Law Society has to issue waiver of practice rules. “That is something new and is not workable for us at all”.
The blog concludes that “unfortunately, this new taxonomy does little to increase the ability of parliament to understand or scrutinise the impact of the Budget on Scotland’s climate”.
Committee reports
Date published:
23 November 2023
Annexe A- Parental Employment in Best Start Bright Futures
Key themes and policies relevant to the inquiry in Best Start Bright Futures (March 2022)Theme and PolicyStrategy and plansChildcare - Improved access and availability of childcareDevelop funded offers of early learning and childcare (ELC) for and 2 year olds, starting with low-income households within this Parliament
Build a system of school age childcare by the end of this Parliament
Education and training - Upskilling and reskillingMake child poverty a central pillar of the Lifetime Skills Offer aiming to upskill and retrain adults in work and/or at risk of redundancy and address in-work poverty (plan due Dec 2023)
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“In order for the issues raised in the ‘Cumberlege Review’ to be successfully addressed, public awareness raising of this new role and effective management of patient expectations will be equally essential."
This included a section on transitions with the intention that "people are given the help and support they need to plan for, and adjust to, new phases of their lives".3Scottish Government. (2021).
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Percentage for the Arts
Culture Counts were among several organisations to argue that additional revenue could be raised through a ‘Percentage for the Arts’ scheme, which would create a requirement for a percentage of the overall cost of a construction project for new public buildings, places or spaces to be spent on public art.1Written submission from Cul...