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Agenda item 5 – Q&A Questions/comments were made on the following topics: • Markers for when seals may need to be uplifted. • Primary drivers of redistribution. • How to join the Seal Alliance (go to website, email Chair). • Review of seal site protection designations. • Accidental disturbances. • Education of children/in schools re seal disturbance. • Remo...
All documents are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: www.parliament.scot/documents SP Bill 3B Session 5 (2017)
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All documents are available on the Scottish Parliament website at: www.parliament.scot/documents SP Bill 3A Session 5 (2017)
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Market effects: • No reduction in sex buying; rates increased between 2021 and 2024 • Five-year purchasing rates: 12.2% (2024) vs 9.2% (2021) Public attitudes: • Approximately 70% support the law (up from 26% in 2008) • However, only 20% believe it will reduce buyers • Only 5% expect it to reduce overall levels of sex work Effect on sex workers and people i...
The Committee agreed, as part of its Business Planning Day, to visit the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation District Scotland (AMIDS) in Paisley on the afternoon of Tuesday 26 August. The purpose of the visit is to inform the Committee’s Pre-Budget 2026-27 scrutiny on Responding to Long-Term Fiscal Pressures.
A motion supplementary LCM was taken on 26 June 2025 and the Parliament agreed that the relevant provisions in Bill, so far as they alter the executive competence of the Scottish Ministers, should be considered by the UK Parliament. 14.
Public Audit Committee Edward Mountain MSP Convener Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [email protected] 10 July 2025 Dear Edward Sustainable Transport: reducing car use At its meeting on 26 February 2025, the Public Audit Committee (“the Committee”) heard evidence from the Auditor General for Scotland (AGS) and the Accounts Commissio...
P ublic Audit Committee Edward Mountain MSP Convener Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee [email protected] 10 July 2025 Dear Edward Sustainable Transport: reducing car use At its meeting on 26 February 2025, the Public Audit Committee (“the Committee”) heard evidence from the Auditor General for Scotland (AGS) and the Accounts Commissi...
After hearing the four evidence sessions which have taken place this spring, we would like to offer the following points in case useful to the Committee. 10th Meeting, 26 March: James Withers and Skills Development Scotland In response to the oral evidence given on 26 March 2024 (James Withers), we can advise the fol...