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Fishing industry stakeholders who responded to the Committee's call for views, however, expressed concerns that REM would predominantly be used as a tool for compliance and enforcement.
Officials also confirmed that the plan was not part of the bill consultation but is in response to the “strong desire for such a vehicle” expressed at consultation events.
Scottish Government officials explained the rationale for choosing a five-year plan period was to allow “for further stability and which tied to parliamentary terms”.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
The Committee sought to establish what should be done to more effectively target spend to reduce mental health inequalities. Young Scot expressed support for a whole-system approach to tackling mental health inequalities, describing the current focus as a ?
Neil Stevenson welcomed the provision and explained that this was not a power that the SLCC had requested but that it had arisen from concerns expressed by the Law Society about an unregulated market.
A Scottish Parliament committee has expressed its concern with proposals to support people experiencing mental health issues and struggling with debt..
This requires an end to churn in the Transport Minister role.
We have already expressed disappointment at the lack of sufficiently robust statistics data on ferry performance and asked for the Scottish Government to address this.
The UK Government has stressed the long-term economic outlook when assessing the value of accession highlighting the potential for increasing the size of the CPTPP market with a number of countries (including Thailand, the Philippines, and South Korea) expressing an interest in joining alongside the long-term economic potential of the Indo-Pacific region.
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2022
The Committee notes that the policies on renewable energy developments have been considerably re-written with a view to providing a firm basis for consistent decision making on renewable energy developments.
Scottish Renewables expressed strong support for the clarity provided by the re-written policies, but did highlight some concerns.
L.R. 121; 2015 G.W.D. 29-484; [2015] C.L.Y. 3087. (2015, September 3). The Inner House expressed the view that the practical effect of the restriction in the victim test was limited in cases in which a public interest body was willing to a) support an individual’s legal challenge; or b) apply to intervene in any case raised by a potential victim.