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They will be introduced to a whole new world, 3 Curriculum for Excellence through outdoor learning (education.gov.scot) 4 Response Data (squarespace.com) 5 Response_190333385 (squarespace.com) make new friends and try activities that could stay with them for life.
Maurice Golden: To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has allocated from its Budget 2025-26 to support local authorities to improve waste management services, in line with its plan for a transition to a circular economy.
Witnesses said that upsides include that it delivers more emissions reductions than alternatives and that feedstock supplies are theoretically almost limitless. It is also a new way to store surplus electrical energy that might otherwise be curtailed.iiNZET Committee, Official Report, 30 September 2025, cols. 3-5 and 16-17; 28 October 2025, cols. 7-8, 11-12...
The Scottish Government carried this commentary into Session 6, and the international climate negotiations in Glasgow at COP 26 in November 2021. In Glasgow their focus was on climate justice, noting that "those most affected by climate change – young people, and those from the Global South – have often done the least to contribute to the crisis" 5Scottish ...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2025
Official Report, 18 November 2025. Cols 26-27
The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) also supported the Bill’s overall aims stating that “the provisions seem sensible and practical”.ivWritten evidence.
The Committee issued a call for views on the mental health budget, the priorities evident in current patterns of spending and the extent to which the balance of spend was considered appropriate (including any focus on preventative spend).
The call for views ran from 26 June 2025 until 15 August 2025 and received 54 published responses.
Introduction
This report details the findings and recommendations of the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee (‘the Committee’) following its pre-budget scrutiny of the culture portfolio ahead of Budget 2025-26.
As the Committee agreed to take a cumulative approach to budget scrutiny over Session 6, focusing on the culture spending ...
Committee reports
Date published:
20 September 2024
Official Report, 13 June 2024, Col 26 while Scottish Women's Aid emphasised the importance of a well-resourced trauma-informed approach–
A trauma-informed approach to dealing with domestic abuse is required.
The tribunal unanimously reported that the sheriff was unfit to hold judicial office by reason of misbehaviour. On 26 April 2024, the First Minister laid that report before the Scottish Parliament, in accordance with section 24(2) of that Act.