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12 May 2022
1213052022 1st PPA draft agenda rev 06052022
Energy Cooperation Exchange of views with o Speaker appointed by the UK Parliament- tbd 9.
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1 November 2022
SPICe Briefing for petition PE1966 Amended
The protest was intended to “send a message to Scottish Government that [rural workers] need a new politics - a politics that works for them and their families.“ Five core demands of protestors were for the Scottish Government to: o Back the establishment of a cross-party group to hear rural workers’ concerns; o “afford equal weight in law making to local and indigenous knowledge”; o Commit to auditing conservation projects it funds and “return cash” if targets are not met; o Review public access rights to land (as enshrined by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003) and incorporate the Scottish Outdoor Access Code in the school curriculum; and o Address the findings of two parliamentary inquiries into salmon farming.
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26 January 2023
Minute of meeting held on 7 December 2021
Many communities discovered new paths they did not know were there. 4 o Visits to urban green spaces have soared during the pandemic.
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25 September 2023
Minute of the meeting held on 4 October 2022
o JustRight working on a legal briefing on the parameters and confirm it is within the gift of Scottish Ministers. o Update from Transport Scotland on what options are being considered, including a pilot in Glasgow. o Discussion on existing concessionary travel schemes, devolv...
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1 March 2023
20230301_ConvtoMin
During the meeting, you’d offered to provide additional evidence in writing to the Committee— • Details of the timescales for the development of the Island Connectivity Plan including— o When consultations on each element will take place; o When the resulting Plans will be published and implemented; and o The timescales for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service Contract tender process and how the various elements of the Islands Connectivity Plan will contribute to the tender process. • The Committee asked whether the Scottish Government is free to redesign the delivery framework for ferry services now the UK has left the European Union.
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19 January 2023
SPICe Briefing for petition PE1998
Scottish Parliament Action • There have been recent changes to accompanying documents to create more 3 transparency around Crown consent . o Policy Memorandums for a Bill being introduced should include a paragraph on Crown consent. o Explanatory Notes for Bills should include a note on Crown application.
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31 October 2023
202223 Q4 Complaints Handling for web
Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body Complaints Handling 2022-23, Quarter 4 (1 January-31 March 2023) Complaints received Total number of complaints received: 9 Stage 1: 5 Stage 2: 4 Outcomes Resolved 5 (5 at stage 1; 0 at stage 2) Fully upheld: 0 Partially upheld: 0 Not upheld: 3 (0 at stage 1; 3 at stage 2) Not pursued: 1 (0 at stage 1; 1 at stage 2) Pending: 1 (1 at stage 1; 0 at stage 2) Actions taken • Not upheld – 3 stage 2 complaints relating to: o...
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23 May 2024
CPG Medicinal Cannabis minutes 27th March 2024
Agenda item 2 Presentations Lucy Troup (LT), Clinical Neuroscientist • Overview of work being done on pain/chronic pain • Large body of scientific literature supporting the use of CBMP’s for pain: o Positive long term effects for pain, pain related symptoms and quality of life o Little evidence of increase to other harm related substances o Lack of human clinical trials/clinical data o Variations in regulatory models across countries potentially clouding evidence o Work around cannabis use disorder (CUD) and other health related issues • Moving forward for Scotland: o Existing research based in pre-clinical research o Difficulties in conducting clinical trials/significant barriers for scientists o Clinical outcome evaluations • Parallel problem spaces – physical pain vs harm from CBMP’s • Future work Rob Forbes (RF), Consultant Anaesthetist & Pain Specialist • Patients reporting significant benefits of using medicinal cannabis for pain • Barriers to prescribing: o Unfamiliar/stigma o Lack of Randomised Control Trials (RCT’s) o Restrictive guidance 2 o Fear of adverse effects • In America, teaching on medicinal cannabis has entered the undergraduate curriculum in approximately half of medical schools • Evidence of dependence shows rate of addiction is low, far lower than alcohol and other available medicines • Report for UK Parliament APPG for drug policy reform found good evidence of efficacy for cannabis and pain • Little evidence of cannabis as a ‘gateway drug’ Agenda item 3 Questions TW thanked the presenters for the interesting contributions and moved to questions: Anna Ross to AS – how do we get SIGN guidelines for cannabis based medicine for cancer pain and how can we get active engagement in the current development of guidelines i.e. patient involvement.
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14 December 2022
SPDS follow up
o The Bill would not impact on the current urgent challenges in community health and social services.
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21 December 2022
20221221_NZETConv_to_Northlink_ferryinquiry
o Who is responsible for animal welfare while livestock is in transit on a ferry?
