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The information from the survey will inform the future sustainable rates set by local authorities, including the development of new guidance, and will help to inform the Scottish Government and COSLA’s future financial planning.
AGENDA Item 5 Challenges & Opportunities for the Cross-Party Group for the New Session 2024/25 – Open Forum. The following key points were made. • The challenges were noted regarding the number of MSPs and Cross-Party Groups in existence at Holyrood. • A number of ideas were shared about the consideration of a ‘drop in’ event.
Finally, the Committee will shortly hold scrutiny sessions to consider the New Deal for Business. The focus of that work is likely to be an assessment of the relationship and partnership-working between the Scottish Government and business sector and progress against the priorities set out in the New Deal for Busines...
In taking forward work on any potential new regulations, Scottish Government will continue to seek views from, and consider the impact on, existing businesses.
Both are key to the Scottish Government’s Strategic Framework for Biodiversity alongside the introduction of statutory targets for nature in a new Natural Environment Bill in year 4 of this Parliament.
Whilst the Scottish Government (and UK Government) are evidently able to consider and timetable an imminent change to the Electricity Act and Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Regulations to facilitate faster consenting of large onshore windfarms and new network applications (to comply with the new Labour UK Gover...
Delegated Powers Section 20: Power to establish scheme Power conferred on: Scottish Ministers Power exercisable by: Regulations made by Scottish statutory instrument Parliamentary procedure: Affirmative Revised or new power: Revised Provision 4. The power delegated by this section has not changed and is set out in the Delegated Powers Memorandum accompanyin...