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Research shows that people systematically underestimate the risk and impact of flooding, and addressing this will hopefully encourage greater buy-in and support for improving flood resilience.
Are there ways to move away from general practice being the first point of contact for early intervention? Who would like to start on the question of a first point of contact?
We were doing what we were required to do in relation to personal information, which was to contact the individuals and ask them whether they were happy for us to provide that information—that is, their contact details—to Durham Constabulary.
One of the things that the Finance and Public Administration Committee has agreed and got some buy-in from the Parliament on is the idea of having a programme of fiscal literacy, not just for new MSPs but for all MSPs and ministers in the next session of Parliament.
The local Ayrshire partnership action for continuing employment team is making contact today to offer support to Nestlé employees who will or may be affected by redundancy.
The KPMG report suggested that meetings, especially of board sub-groups, were still being undertaken online. Do you have any thoughts on whether, in that context, online meetings are as effective as in-person meetings?
To what extent is the Government involved with Angel Trains and Wabtec in assisting ScotRail to demand and achieve delivery of the contracts that have been entered into? We have had regular contact, particularly with Wabtec and Angel Trains, about the HSTs.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
When it gave evidence at the Committee's round table with crofting organisations on 29 October 2025, Community Land Scotland “broadly welcomed” section 10 but also explained its concerns relating to some “unforeseen consequences” that would prevent a rural housing body from using a rural housing burden to purchase crofting land or a community organisation would be prevented from buying a croft.
The Scottish Crofting Federation also welcomed the provision but highlighted that very few crofts are owned by limited companies and that the “bigger issue” is that “lots of people with owner-occupied crofts have just bought a nice house in the countryside”.