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That must include the private sector, which accounts for 79 per cent of jobs, and the third sector, which will be increasingly important in supporting communities in the months ahead.
Taken together, that all makes for a crucial role for councils in ensuring that schools have the support framework and services they need. Retaining important local accountability means that we retain vital democratic accountability for the leadership of Scotland’s schools.
Sadly, acute leukaemia is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in children, and brain tumours and cancers of the spinal cord account for around a quarter of children’s cancers.
Committee reports
Date published:
10 February 2022
Introduction
Up until the start of the pandemic, the made affirmative procedure was a rarely used and little known parliamentary mechanism for the laying of SSIs (Scottish Statutory Instruments).
The Continuity Act requires Scottish Ministers to lay before Parliament a Policy Statement and an Annual Report on the use and intended use of the ‘keeping pace’ power, including a draft for consultation.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 February 2026
In his briefing for the Committee, Professor Fernandes states that the Scottish Government's position of acknowledging that spawning limitation is unlikely to be the primary constraint on cod recovery but, at the same time, laying an SSI framed primarily around protecting spawning cod “represents a fundamental misjudgement between the diagnosed cause of sto...