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Across academic, fishing (static and mobile) and conservation witnesses, there was striking consensus on several core points: • The status of Clyde cod is critical and constitutes an emergency.
At the time your letter was sent, the NZET Committee had not yet considered any Scottish Parliament Bills in this session, making it difficult to provide a substantive answer to the points you raised. We did understand that a Bill on the circular economy was on the point of introduction, and it would have been my pro...
I tried to convey to the Committee our concern that the adversarial process in family cases can encourage parents to attack each other's character or competence. I did raise my hand at one point to try and make that point. However, I decided it was too detailed to pursue.
As previously advised in my Parliamentary statement on 16 November 2023, the preferred procurement route for the next CHFS contract, remains a direct award to CalMac (an award in reliance on the exemption in Regulation 13 (1) of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015). I note your point that island communities do not appear to support an unconteste...
Finally, and again a more general point, was the suggestion in the meeting that it would be helpful to there to be a register of all buildings, which includes information on construction methods and the materials used.
Scottish Government colleagues were in attendance and heard directly on the issues for social work practitioners in supporting Kinship Carers and answering queries about the allowance and its implementation plan. We would draw the following points to the Committees attention: • Kinship Carers have generally welcomed the recommended allowance which will brin...
I note that the Committee has also written to Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations Michael Gove MP, inviting him to give evidence on this point. Scottish Ministers, special advisers and the Permanent Secretary are covered by the terms of the Lobbying (Scotland) Act 2016.