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That decline is due to a range of reasons, but perhaps the biggest one is that swifts simply do not have nesting sites any more. We have been very effective at renovating and retrofitting houses and improving building standards, which is important to tackle climate change and make our homes more energy efficient.
Retrieved from https://www.abdn.ac.uk/media/site/law/RSE-workshop-3--Report-(October-2024).pdf [accessed 1 September 2025]
These developments are discussed in more detail in the International initiatives section of the briefing.
It was previously considered unlikely that fish and shellfish farms would be sited beyond 3 nautical miles and there are currently no offshore fish and shellfish farms in Scottish waters.
Retrieved from https://www.foi.scot/sites/default/files/2022-05/GetFOIRightFirstTimePoster.pdf [accessed 31 March 2025]
Scottish Ministers may make regulations under section 10 of FOISA to extend the time for compliance under FOISA (up to 60 working days).1Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act. (2002).
Retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/HRBodies/CRC/GC24/GeneralComment24.pdf has recommended 14 as an absolute minimum stating that:
In the original general comment No. 10 (2007), the Committee had considered 12 years as the absolute minimum age.
Retrieved from https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/HRBodies/CRC/GC24/GeneralComment24.pdf has recommended 14 as an absolute minimum stating that:
In the original general comment No. 10 (2007), the Committee had considered 12 years as the absolute minimum age.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
Identifying opportunities for self-sufficiency in energy in remote or off-grid communities could be another goal of the plan, and it should identify remaining gaps in the distribution network where there is capacity to re-power or expand smaller sites through community energy projects.
Additionally, Clause 226 of Part 11 of the UK Bill relates to the protection of relevant sites and references natural habitats, or habitats of species and would again, in the view of the Scottish Government, appear to erode extant powers of Scottish Ministers, particularly with the provisions contained within subsection (2).
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2019
It was also suggested that the regulations could include a presumption in favour of community-return points in contexts such as high streets, retail centres and travel hubs. Some suggested that shared sites, where possible, would minimise logistics and manual handling – which they considered carries a greater fraud risk without scanning technology.