This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
Recent reports of an increasein the incidence of squirrel pox virus in the South of Scotland have required anurgent response from SNH and FCS both of whom have supported additional measuresfor red squirrel conservation which are now underway.
I note from its response in relation to the waterfront visitor destination development plan that Scottish Enterprise is seeking consultation feedback pretty soon—next month, in fact.
Does James Maybee want to add anything? The sentiments have been well expressed. In the Highland Council area, we have a contract with Apex Scotland, which runs a course on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 because the act is complicated.
I think that the entitlement just now is based on income support, jobseekers allowance and child care tax credit, so the way to extend it would be to move to maximum working tax credit, which was in the Labour Party manifesto, I think.
This may be heretical, but I have done it before: I very much support the Conservatives in their call for more health visitors. Those who are selective with their health visitors miss the point.
We need much greater clarity around the definition of what is and is not ecocide.”
Regulators expressed significant concern that the Bill does not replicate the protections afforded to permitted activities covered under the section 40 offence.