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We are delighted that the Scottish Government will continue to provide funding to ARC Scotland until 2025, through the Children, Young People, Families and Adult Learning Third Sector Fund, to support wider implementation across more local authorities in Scotland.
Writers to the Signet Dependents' Annuity Fund Amendment (Scotland) Bill (in private): The Committee will consider issues for its Preliminary Stage report.
Climate Change Plan: The Group considered an update from Edward Mountain, Convener of the Net Zero, Energy and Climate Change Committee, on cross- committee scrutiny of the Climate Change Plan.
Following the Cabinet reshuffle and consequent changes to committee remits in June, the remit of the Economy and Fair Work Committee includes to consider and report on matters falling within the responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing, Economy, Fair Work and Energy with the exception of matters relating to energy.
This revised methodology for taxonomy of the Scottish Budget will be applied to the 2024-25 spending lines. 1 https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session- 6-net-zero-energy-and-transport-committee/correspondence/2022/joint-budget-review-report Sco ttish Min iste r s , sp e cial adv is e r s a nd th e...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 August 2025
The Scottish Government continues to monitor and consider a range of evidence in relation to the energy sector.As part of this approach, we commissioned and published independent analysis on Scotland’s Energy System and Just Transition found here: Publication of the outputs from a programme of work to better understand our energy requirements as we transition to net zero - Energy system and Just Transition: independent analysis - gov.scot.
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding the impact in Scotland of the UK's continuing membership of the International Energy Charter.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on Scotland, whether it considers the Energy Charter Treaty should be reformed, and, if so, what its position is on how it should be reformed.