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Sam Ghibaldan Chief Executive [email protected] Colin Smyth MSP Convener Economy and Fair Work Committee By e-mail: [email protected] th 16 January 2025 Dear Convener Scottish Budget Bill 2025-26 allocation to Consumer Scotland Following the publication of the Scottish Budget Bill for 2025-26, I am writing to advise that Consumer Scotland has been allocated a total of £4.112 million core budget for 2025-26, consisting of £3.525 million in resource funding and capital funding of £0.587 million for IFRS16.
The growth of well-paid, skilled jobs in the green economy needs to offer a bright future for young people at the start of their careers, as well as a future for those who are looking to transition into new green jobs.
Examples of significant workstreams under the 2030 Biodiversity Delivery Plan include commitments to:
Reform agricultural support: Introduce an agricultural support framework which delivers for nature and food. The future for agricultural payments is itself identified as a key issue, discussed in another section.
Interviewees described a “will they/won’t they” question which hung over the tax and made it difficult to plan for the future. The annual budget-setting cycle, combined with ad hoc freezes or sharp increases, compounds this unpredictability.
Sports participation in Scotland: Trends and future prospects. Retrieved from https://www.oss.scot/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Final-Revised-participation-report-for-publication28-05-2019.pdf [accessed 12 November 2024].
Scotland's Climate Change Plan states that:
Scotland’s natural capital is one of our greatest assets and is central to our future net zero economy, developing thriving rural economies based around woodland creation, peatland restoration and biodiversity as well as sustainable tourism, food and drink and energy.
He said, “This is not to diminish the work of social landlords or social housing providers but I ask whether they have the same knowledge and training as Police Scotland around domestic abuse” He noted, however, that in the UK Government’s Bill there is an order making power to allow other bodies to be added at a future date and told us that, after consulta...
As for programme participation, nearly half of all customers joined because they felt the programme could help them back into work while more than a third were attracted by the idea of receiving additional help and support.vSDS, written evidence
The Committee agreed to consider the evidence heard at a future meeting.
Official Report of Meeting 14 January 2026
Update from Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, 29 January 2026
11 February 2026: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders.