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In Scotland, however, you need a warrant in your hand before you can get somebody in to do the work to open a new store, to make substantial refurbishments or to put in signage, toilets or new seating.
That is fine—thank you very much and welcome to the committee. You joined us on our visit to Wishaw neonatal unit on Monday, so you have had an external visit with the committee, but I welcome you to your first formal meeting.
Consultation
The Scottish Government ran a consultation between 14 November 2024 and 26 January 2025 on Religious Observance and Religious and Moral Education.1Scottish Government. (2024, November 14).
Contributing to the Committee's 2025-26 pre-budget scrutiny on 3 September, Michael Kellet from Public Health Scotland argued that the planned refresh of the NPF offered opportunities to further prioritise preventative spending within health and social care budgets:
[...] we believe that the refreshed NPF and emerging legislation such as the proposed wellbe...
The CCC and others called for stronger metrics to indicate whether a target was on track in real time to allow for correction.iiNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 10 September 2024, Col 9 , 25-26 and 28, Official Report, 24 September 2024 cols It may be that annual reports based on emissions data alone are inadequate tools for measur...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
It also noted the relationship between poor quality housing and poverty, reporting that of the people living in poverty in Scotland 41% are social renters, 26% are private renters and 33% are homeowners.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 September 2022
In their view it would be wrong to impose new administrative requirements on businesses who may pass on the associated costs to consumers already facing pressures on their finances.
In addition, we note that these provisions are effectively time-limited, since COP 26 runs from 31 October to 12 November 2021 and it is likely that many participants will have arrived in the UK by the time amendments to the provisions would be in force.