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That is happening globally. What Scotland can offer is very cheap renewable energy. If companies want to source 100 per cent of their electricity from renewables by a particular date in 2023 or whatever, the cleanest way to do it and be sure that they are enabling new projects to be built is by signing power purchase agreements with new renewable energy projects.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2025
The deployment and management of police officers are matters for the Chief Constable.The Scottish Government is investing a record £1.64 billion in policing in 2025-26, an increase of almost £90 million of additional funding from the 2024-25 budget.
Officials have worked at pace to consider how this unprecedented situation should best be responded to, establishing appropriate lawful authority to act and carrying out a thorough risk assessment.
Gamekeepers have the most to lose through being discredited because of such crimes, but they are also the people who are best placed to help the Scottish Government, the Scottish police service and everyone else to cut out such crimes.
It is incredibly important that workplaces appreciate the impact that various conditions have on their workforce and get the right policies in place to ensure that workers are able to be there and do the best in their jobs.
It is, of course, for teachers, schools and local authorities to decide whether and how to make use of all forms of digital technology to best effect. Next week is the second annual Scottish games week.
We are absolutely concerned about ensuring that the public sector audit model in Scotland is the best that it can be, and certainly the best in the UK.
Even though it has an office in China and someone who is based there, it does not feel that it has sufficient link-up.One of the most significant messages that I took from our visit was that the company used the New Zealand Government’s website to find out about engagement in China and to get advice about best practice and so on.