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I support the motion in the name of the convener of the SPPA committee, and recommend that the Parliament agrees that the changes to standing orders set out in annex A of the committee's 7th report take effect from Friday 26 June 2009.
Giving local government stronger powers to tackle dereliction and unlock stalled sites - noting that "our local government system has been disempowered and spans large areas with widely varying populations", the Commission states:
One of the clearest differences with many other European countries is that the issues Scotland now seeks to address nationally t...
More detail on the evidence which the Committee has drawn on in its scrutiny is provided at Annexe A, but in summary it has comprised:
A round-table discussion with a wide range of stakeholders;
Oral evidence from local authority representatives;
Oral evidence from panels of experts on skills and training, and on public engagement and support;
An informal online meeting with members of the public who have had experience of retrofitting their homes;
A visit to a heat network site...
Retrieved from https://www.hee.nhs.uk/sites/default/files/documents/HEE%20Cosmetic%20publication%20part%20one.pdf [accessed 12 November 2025] (2013-2015)
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics report, Cosmetic procedures: ethical issues5Nuffield Council on Bioethics. (2017).
Retrieved from https://climatehealthevidence.org/sites/default/files/uploads/files/lancet_pathfinder_commission_report_summary.pdf [accessed 29 May 2025]
A number of (non-statutory) interim targets are also set out in the UK Government's Environment Improvement Plan, which cover habitat restoration and creation, and the condition of protected sites.
The Office of Environmental Protection ('OEP', the environmental watchdog for England and Northern Ireland) has a statutory role to monitor both the targets and ...