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Retrieved from https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/session-6-social-justice-and-social-security-committee/correspondence/2023/scottish-government-memorandum-scottish-employment-injuries-advisory-council-bill [accessed 6 October 2023]If the Bill passed, the Member in Charge assumes it would be established during 2025-26.3Griffin, M. (2023, October 11). Letter from Mark Griffin, MSP to Finance and Public Administration Committee, dated 20 September 2023.
“The bees love being based here and thrive in this environment, and I’m proud to say all of the hives on site have been bred here and so are a unique strain to the Scottish Parliament.
There was a lack of research into the relationship between muirburn and wildfire on non-Calluna [heather] dominated habitats.1Holland, J.P., Pollock, M., Buckingham, S., Glendinning, J., & McCracken, D. (2022).
I was never informed of side effects, or even if it failed nobody knew how to remove it. I’m sure I can say a lot more but feel that nobody should ever have to experience even a fraction of what I have when it can be avoided.
However, as the Institute for Government have pointed out, no-one can say with certainty what a no-deal Brexit would mean for the UK as much would depend on the EU's response to such an outcome1Owen, J., Thimont Jack, M., & Rutter, J. (2019, July).
Table 10 - Top 5 reasons for family refusing donation, 2017/18, UKReasonsPercentagePatient expressed wish not to donate20.9%Family were not sure whether patient would have agreed15.1%Family felt donation process was too long12.3%Family did not want surgery to the body10.1%Family felt the patient had suffered enough6.8%Similarly, a recent experimental study found that presuming consent in the absence of an actively expressed choice made relatives more uncertain about the deceased's wishes and may make them more likely to refuse donation.2Lin, Y., Osman, M...
Figure 6 - Council Tax and Non-Domestic Rates income (£m, cash)The Council Tax freeze was agreed between the Scottish Government and COSLA in 2008-09, and as a result of this, and increases in NDRI, the following years saw NDRI make up an increasingly higher proportion of income than Council Tax.