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Phased return of staff and students
Prior to the winter break, students were able to return home in line with plans announced by the Minister for Further Education, Higher Education and Science, Richard Lochhead MSP, in a Ministerial Statement on 11 November 20201Scottish Government. (2020, November 11).
Committee reports
Date published:
25 February 2021
Official Report of Meeting 9 March 2022
26 October 2022: The Committee took evidence from Murray Fleming and Robert McLean, Scottish Taxi Federation and Steven Grant, Unite. Paul Sweeney MSP decalred an interest as a member of Unite.
Co-chaired by Scottish Energy Minister, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, and Brian MacFarlane of SSE, its aim is to co-ordinate a Scotland wide response to the Offshore Wind Sector Deal and to work directly with the DeepWind and Forth & Tay Offshore clusters to achieve its vision and goals.
In April 2018, then Economy Cabinet Secretary, Keith Brown MSP, informed Parliament that the Scottish Government was expanding the loan facility made available to BiFab and converting the loan to a minority equity stake in the company.Scottish Government update on BiFab, 17 April 2018
In a subsequent Parliamentary Question, the then Cabinet Secretary confir...
REPORT OF THE WOODLAND EXPANSION ADVISORY GROUP; TO THE CABINET SECRETARY FOR RURAL AFFAIRS AND ENVIRONMENT, RICHARD LOCHHEAD, MSP. (n.p.): (n.p.).. One regularly cited example is the public outcry over afforestation on the peatlands in the flow country of Caithness, which was seen to be driven by tax avoidance.
Committee reports
Date published:
3 September 2020
At its meeting on 1 September 2020, the Committee took evidence on the instrument from Ash Denham MSP, Minister for Community Safety ('the Minister'), Kieran Burke, Bill Team Lead, Access to Justice and Jo-anne Tinto, Solicitor, Scottish Government Legal Directorate.
Overview of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, on 2 September 2019. The lead committee is the Justice Committee.
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COVID-19 Committee
Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/190)
Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No.6) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/199)
Care Homes Emergency Intervention Orders (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/201)
Health Protection (Coronavirus) (Restrictions) (Scotland) Amendment (No.7) Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/210)
While this instrument is not being reported under any of the Committee's technical reporting grounds, the Committee would like to highlight to the lead committee, the COVID-19 Committee, some broader issues that have been raised.
Graham Simpson MSP...