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Strengthening penalties in relation to salmon poaching
Emma Harper MSP lodged a range of amendments (withdrawn or not moved) which sought to strengthen financial penalties and offences in relation to salmon poaching.
It noted that, whilst all members supported the general principles of the Bill, two members of the Committee, Katy Clark MSP and Pauline McNeill MSP, noted that their support at Stage 1 was dependent on the provision of an updated Financial Memorandum at Stage 1.
The Committee is of the view that, should provision be made for the recall of MSPs, the system put in place cannot be a direct replication of the UK Recall Act but rather a system for the Scottish Parliament, functioning with respect to its electoral system and accommodating for the recall of both constituency and regional MSPs.
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On 30 November 2023, the (then) Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Net Zero and Just Transition, MÃ iri McAllan MSP similarly committed (in response to a question in the Scottish Parliament from Monica Lennon MSP) that the Scottish Government would "assess the final revised EU environmental crime directive against our o...
In advance of the evidence session, Jackie Baillie MSP had written to the Committee on 16 January 2025 to set out her reasons for annulling the instrument.
Two Members’ Bills introduced by the late Margo Macdonald MSP did secure sufficient support to be introduced, in 2010 and 2013, but both fell at Stage 1 after failing to secure enough votes from MSPs in support of their general principles.