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Proposed future business At its next meeting on 26 October, the Committee expects to conclude its Stage 1 oral evidence taking on the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Bill.
For psychological therapies, whilst the 90% target has not been achieved, we have seen improvement and performance has consistently been above 60%. Latest figures show that for March 2024, performance was at 73.6%.
I will be happy to write to the Committee if there are changes to how this data is collected. It is worth noting that the latest Private Healthcare Information Network figures show Scotland has lower rates of self-pay admissions per head of population than England and Wales.
It is clear that we must focus on how to accelerate the development of new sources of energy, with associated new jobs so that we can move away from oil and gas more quickly, with a presumption as far as possible against new development.
show_all_questions=0&sort=submitted&order=ascending&_q__text=wester+ross&uuId=487429698 organisations including Wester Ross Biosphere, An Comunn Gaidhealach, Ceòlas, FC Sonas, Misneachd Alba and TRACS requested further clarification as to what areas of linguistic significance would actually mean for Gaelic and its users.
The EFSBS has undergone annual changes over recent years, and the Scottish Government and stakeholders have acknowledged that the presentation approach is an iterative process, however a lingering concern has been the continual addition of content, making the document and its annexes complicated and unwieldy.
The 2025-26 document is the most noticeable rede...
Income tax
The Scottish Government set out its proposals for income tax from April 2025 as part of the Scottish Budget 2025-26. These proposals need to be approved by a Scottish Rate Resolution, which must precede Stage 3 of the Budget Bill process.
Committee reports
Date published:
28 February 2024
They supported the introduction of civil and fixed penalties but made clear they should only be used as a last resort, or in particularly severe incidents.iNet Zero, Energy and Transport Committee, Official Report, 28 November 2023, cols 26 and 27; Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee.