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Retrieved from https://nasco.int/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/NASCO_Handbook.pdf [accessed 1 October 2026] The NASCO objective is to conserve, restore, enhance and rationally manage Atlantic salmon through international cooperation taking account of the best available scientific information.
The Committee also expressed concerns about the third sector's capacity to engage with community planning partnerships, and it recommended that the Government explore how CPPs could best engage the private sector in community planning.
While the Auditor General is responsible for determining his work programme and cannot be directed by Parliament, he is keen to seek feedback from committees to help see how his work can best support parliamentary scrutiny whenever possible.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 February 2026
The draft CCP states that “recent cuts to funding undermined forest sector confidence about investing in woodland creation in future and could best be addressed through a multi-annual agreement on funding for the FGS”.
While it is up to committees to decide how best to approach the scrutiny they decide to undertake, one Member raised the issue of taking sections of Acts out of their wider context as being a challenge (Interview M5).
Retaining knowledge between parliamentary sessions
A further challenge noted with post-legislative scrutiny was that with every new session ‘you get new sitting Members, staff move around, new committees are set up’ and the question is raised in terms of ‘how do we retain the knowledge of the need to review legislation … based on the best judgement of thos...
Currently Ministers must complete a re-determination within a certain timescale ? for example 16 days for Best Start Grants, and 56 days for Child Disability Payment.