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Executive summary
This report details the Rural Affairs and Island Committee's consideration of the draft Sea Fisheries (Remote Electronic Monitoring and Regulation of Scallop Fishing) (Scotland) Regulations 2024.
The Committee agreed to recommend to the Parliament that it approve the instrument.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
23 February 2026
People convicted of a main charge of fly-tipping in Scottish courts, by financial year, were: eight in 2018-19, two in 2019-20, none in 2020-21, five in 2021-22, 12 in 2022-23 and four in 2023-24. Data for 2024-25 will be published later in 2026.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
2 February 2026
Analysis of data from the Student Awards Agency Scotland, otherwise known as SAAS, shows that approximately 740,000 students from Scotland — that is nearly three quarters of a million — have benefited from free tuition fees on higher education courses between 2007-08 and 2024-25. S6W-42973
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
1 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations made applications to the Place Based Investment Programme in 2024-25, broken down by eligible town.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 August 2025
The Scottish Government committed in July 2024 to provide £2 million of support for the National Gas Transmission SCO2T Connect project feasibility study, which successfully concluded in March 2025.
The Heat in Buildings Programme was subject of an Audit Scotland review in 2023, with the findings of this review published in February 2024. This publication can be found at https://audit.scot/publications/decarbonising-heat-in-homes.Additionally, all Scottish Government expenditure is subject to audit through the sampling of annual accounts.
To ask the Scottish Government which stakeholder organisations its ministers and officials have met to discuss zonal electricity pricing since 1 January 2024, broken down by (a) organisation, (b) date of meeting, (c) attendees and (d) purpose of discussion.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) meetings and (b) other discussions NatureScot and Scottish Land and Estates have held to discuss (i) the legal opinions regarding the wording of the Wildlife Management and Muirburn (Scotland) Act 2024 and (ii) what land should be included in a 16AA licence to shoot grouse.