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Linked to this is a regulation making power that would allow provisions to be introduced requiring EORs to be prepared in relation to a proposed relevant consent or a proposed relevant plan, establishing a new approach to environmental assessment in planning and other consenti...
Welcome • Alexander Stewart MSP and Emma Harper MSP welcomed attendees to the first CPG on Lung Health meeting of the new parliamentary session. The MSPs spoke of the joy at being re-elected and the chance to continue with the CPG. 2.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 December 2025
We will continue to deliver good progress in rural Scotland, while the Conservatives snipe from the sidelines.Forestry (New Plantings) Forestry (New Plantings) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage new plantings in forestry.
Where the authority preparing the plan is an education authority, the plan must set out the authority’s plan for the provision of Gaelic education, and the authority must consult interested persons on those elements of the plan.
Ten days ago, the clock struck midnight and we all wished those around us a happy new year. Some might have decided that, to have a happy new year, they would need to make changes to the way they live, and so resolutions were made.
Will that, alongside our Arctic circle-related climate commitments, be a matter of focus with our partners in the new Nordic office? The exponential pace at which the Arctic region is warming is a matter of deep concern.
Our view is that the appropriate approach is inclusion of the agent of change principle in the national planning framework, the status of which the Planning (Scotland) Bill seeks to strengthen.
The Government said that it would strengthen the guidance to make sure that there is support for commercial premises to comply with the ratings “at point of sale and new lease in January 2014”.
We need to plan now for the transition away from oil and gas by reducing the demand and the supply side in tandem, which is what New Zealand is planning for.