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Regional Marine Planning visits - key themes
Five key themes emerged from discussions during the visits:
Membership and governance of Marine Planning Partnerships
Scope and expectations of Marine Planning Partnerships and Regional Marine Plans
Relationships and collaboration between stakeholders
Finance, resources and expertise
Community and stakeholder engagement
These themes form the basis for the summary of discussions held during each visit (below).
They gained two fewer list seats compared with 2016.
The Conservatives increased their share of the regional vote by 0.6 percentage points and gained two more regional list MSPs compared with five years ago.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
When legal representatives gave evidence to the Committee on 8 October 2025, Inksters Solicitors pointed out that there may be good reason for requiring consent to an assignation within ten years, such as ill health, divorce or death, and suggested that there should be a process to allow exceptions to this rule in exceptional circumstances.
The framework documents distinguish between three kinds of reviews: initial, periodic, and exceptional. It is unclear who will conduct reviews but in other frameworks it is a process undertaken by one of the groups established by the framework.
When Baroness Sugg explained her proposed amendment, she noted that it had been introduced ‘in light of the Supreme Court judgment ... regarding a comparable law in Northern Ireland and the need to ensure compliance with the Human Rights Act 1998’ (cols 532-534).