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That is relevant.We do not construct a bridge by starting from one bank of a river and building to the other bank; we start on both banks and meet in the middle.
If members will allow me a Hebridean analogy, our common ground is perhaps like the apocryphal disputed peat bank: it has been the subject of a tense stand-off for decades; it is the object of deeply entrenched positions; and it is narrow.
Worldwide travel is no longer the preserve of the rich and famous. Many Scots are holidaying and working in countries where serious communicable diseases are relatively common and can be brought back to our shores in a matter of hours.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
That will be a priority for us next year".xCriminal Justice Committee Official Report 12 November 2025 (Col 2)
Secondly, COPFS wants to make progress with the benefits of the reforms that have been undertaken to date. He reassured the Committee that “those reforms are working.
The focus of the inquiry was to:
Scrutinise the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, its anticipated outcomes and progress to date
Assess to what degree budget allocation to the Strategy and Action Plan are sufficient, and to what degree budget allocations in other areas of Government will assist or hinder its deliver...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 November 2024
This includes power to provide for a provision of that Chapter to apply (with or without modifications) in relation to tenancies entered into before the coming into force date. Only the Scottish Ministers may make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of Chapter 5.
SLE also state that:
There has already been a cultural shift in gamekeeping (in relation to raptors)
Scottish Government measures to date including the introduction of vicarious liability and general licensing restrictions (described further below) have had significant impacts, and 2020 increases to wildlife crime penalties (via the Animals and Wildlife (Pe...
Instead the Government have produced a skeleton bill replete with wide powers to be exercised at some future date of the Government’s choosing. The Bill says practically nothing on what will replace those parts of the Northern Ireland Protocol from which Ministers are given the power to depart.
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Recommendation for an impact assessment
As the above demonstrates, the Committee’s work unearthed a diversity of opinion on the impact of the Act to date...