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This swearing in takes place at the first meeting of the new Parliament. Once MSPs have been sworn in the first item of business is the election of a Presiding Officer.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2021
The amending regulations seek to—
remove the prohibition on the supply of kittens (cats aged less than 6 months) which were not bred by the licence holder; and
introduce new licence conditions to operate an animal welfare establishment, which prohibit the supply of the following animals as pets—
unweaned animals;
mammals weaned at an age at which they shoul...
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Living Rent argued for a number of measures including the extension of eviction ban in line with furlough and changes to damages for unlawful evictions.2Scottish Housing News . (2021). Living Rent ‘strongly supports’ extension of emergency COVID-19 measures.
Negative Emissions Technologies
A new chapter in the CCPu highlights the role that Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) may play in removing carbon from the atmosphere in both the electricity generation and industrial sectors.
In December 2018 the UK Government announced that the FiT would close as “it does not align with the wider government objectives to move towards market-based solutions, cost reflective pricing and the continued drive to minimise support costs on consumers”. The changes only impact new installations after the end of March 2019; existing installations will co...
The first and most significant was at the end of 2018, preparing for an anticipated ‘no deal’ Exit Day on 29 March 2019. New UK Exit SIs were proposed thereafter as a result of the repeated postponement of Exit Day throughout 2019.
Retrieved from <a href="https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_Delegated_Powers/20180911CabSec.pdf" target="_blank">https://archive2021.parliament.scot/S5_Delegated_Powers/20180911CabSec.pdf</a> [accessed 6 August 2021] It accordingly created a new process whereby the Scottish Parliament would have the opportunity to both scrutinise and approve ...
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(Note the Government was not entirely breaking new ground here, as some policy commitments mentioned in 2020 had first...
As part of the strategy, a non-statutory Scottish Food Commission was established in 2015. In 2017, it recommended that new framework legislation should be brought forward to join up food-related issues across policy areas.
Primary production (farming, crofting, fishing) is central to many communities in rural areas; employment in food and drink-related sectors is highest in Aberdeenshire and Highland.
Environment: According to new research, food systems account for approximately one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions.