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It is also our intention that the draft Joint Fisheries Statement will be the subject of a public consultation from 18 January – 12 April 2022.
Yours sincerely,
Mairi Gougeon.
Letter from the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for COVID Recovery to the Convener of 13 January 2022.
Dear Kenneth
On 21 December I wrote to you advising that the Scottish Government would be able to share the updated procedure for handling formal complaints by civil servants about a Minister’s or a former Minister’s behaviour and the progress on the implementation plan with the Finance and Public Administration Committee in early 2022.
In addition, and as outlined in the Medium-Term Financial Strategy (MTFS), executive competence for Cold Weather Payments (CWP) will transfer to the Scottish Government in 2022-23 and BGAs were agreed for CWP for the first time alongside the 2022-23 UK Budget, which will provide funding for the Scottish Government&rs...
S5W-22685 Mark Ruskell: To ask the Scottish Government on what date the civil contingency preparedness review of nuclear warhead transportation by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and HM Fire Service Inspectorate will be published.
The regulations are in your name. If someone goes into a bank or building society or anywhere that operates a currency exchange office, they do not have to wear a face covering.
It also clarifies the arrangements for sales of accommodation to third parties and amends returns provisions so that returns are calculated on the date of stay and not on the date of the chargeable transaction.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 February 2026
Council Tax (Dwellings and Part Residential Subjects) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/72)
This instrument enables owners or tenants to submit evidence of letting, or intention to let, a property as self‑catering holiday accommodation without needing an assessor’s request and introduces new deadlines for providing that evidence from 1 April 2...
For instance, windfarms are a known deterrent to Holiday Makers – they appear now on Ordinance Survey Maps and no-one wants to come to the Scottish Highlands to stay opposite or around a vista covered with turbine blades.
The current strategy is ‘Creating Hope Together’, running from 2022 to 2032. The current delivery plan was published in August 2025 and covers the next three years.
Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS) gave evidence to the Committee at its meeting on 25 October 2022 as part of the Committee’s scrutiny of ESS’ first strategic plan.