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Tess White Members selected for General Questions on 16 September 2021 The following members have been randomly selected for General Questions on the above date. Questions must be lodged no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 08 September 2021.
However, members will note that the Scottish Government wrote to the committee prior to the instrument being laid to explain why it was considered necessary to bring it into force during recess. That differs from the Government’s approach to SSI 2014/202, which was laid and came into force during summer recess.
I understand that the balance of the convergence money that was recommended by the Bew review, which is entirely for the benefit of Scottish farmers, has been withheld, although it is supposed to be paid back at some unspecified date. Will that date be during this financial year?
Maurice Golden’s amendment 58 would introduce a date of the end of 2025. I do not know whether that will be welcomed by local authorities, but we need clarity on what that date is and progress in relation to the code of practice.
I will ask my officials whether we have up-to-date information on that. We do not have up-to-date information, but we can come back to the committee on that.
Thus, in failing to embed a holistic, climate action ethos at local and regional levels, the programme in the UK (to date) constitutes a missed opportunity.
Does the committee wish to draw the instrument to the attention of the Parliament under the general reporting ground in respect of regulation 4(2)(b), where the reference to section 58(3A) of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 should be to section 59(8) of that act, and the references to section 59(8A) and section 59(8B) of the 1997 act should be extended to include section 59(8C); and in respect of regulation 5(1), which should refer to “the relevant date...