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The regulations will come into force on 26 April. They will give local, place-based communities a new power to seek to acquire land to support sustainable development to benefit the local community and the wider public interest.
I was recently in Alexandria, in Ms Baillie’s constituency, to visit a new development that is in the heart of the town centre, on an area of ground that had been derelict for a long time.
Our initial ask was for £236 million, but that was before the additional pay award for 2025-26. The assumption was for a pay award of 3 per cent, but it landed at 4.5 per cent.
Section 10(3) (inserting new section 34ZC(16) into the Environmental Protection Act 1990): Householder’s duty of care Power conferred on: the Scottish Ministers Power exercisable by: regulations made by Scottish statutory instrument Parliamentary procedure: negative Provision 26.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its latest Building a New Scotland paper, what its position is on how a written constitution could protect democracy, the sovereignty of the people, freedom and the rule of law in an independent Scotland.
Sheriff Courts (Caution and Charge to Verdict Target) To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 30 per cent of sheriff courts are failing to reach the 26-week target from caution and charge to verdict.
There is often a perception that there are no jobs in the islands, but the reality is many unfilled vacancies. Where there is a need for new people, there is a need to promote the islands to a variety of ages, backgrounds and skills.