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Scotland now produces more electricity from wind turbines than a number of other countries do. Last year, we planted 26 million trees. I have visited a very productive sawmill in Aboyne.
This week, Humza Yousaf’s Government lodged a question in order to announce the latest procurement timetable for the A9, but it was withdrawn at the last minute.
SB 26-14
Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill: Consideration in advance of Stage 3
This briefing summarises scrutiny of the Greyhound Racing (Offences) (Scotland) Bill to date in advance of the Parliament's consideration at Stage 3, including details of how the Bill was amended at Stage 2.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 September 2025
The Bill committee stage in the House of Commons began on 26 November 2024, report stage began on 11 March 2025, and it received its third reading on 12 March 2025.
Retrieved from https://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/5712/8015/1761/26-07-2010_1442_969.pdf [accessed 11 February 2025] (i.e. 36 years ago) was never taken forward due to "a lack of Parliamentary time" (para 4.40 of the Report).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
9 August 2021
The Advisory Sub-Group on Education and Children's Issues considered this data alongside the latest evidence on long-COVID when producing its latest advice on the return to school in August.
Attitudes towards prostitution
To what extent is the effectiveness of approaches which seek to challenge the demand for prostitution by criminalising the buyer (rather than the seller) dependent upon changing attitudes within society towards both: (a) the buying of sex; and (b) people in prostitution?
Committee reports
Date published:
15 November 2024
Another such area is in the development of National Indicators, where wider consultation will better ensure these are robust measures of progress of all agreed National Outcomes, that have the buy-in of stakeholders, and can be used to inform effective policy making going forward.
Participants suggested there was potential for additional costs to local authorities from the creation of a new tax, owing to requirements to collect, administer, monitor and enforce it.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 November 2020
Many witnesses stressed the need for community involvement in individual projects, and public buy-in more generally. They noted increasing public interest in decarbonisation and climate change yet highlighted that a lot of people did not appreciate gas boilers were emitting technologies.