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It is my intention to amend both the repairing standard under the Housing Scotland) Act 2006 and the right to repair scheme under the Housing (Scotland) (Act 2001 under one Scottish Statutory Instrument to make best use of Parliament’ ingle SSI will be subject to the affirmati...
Statement of the Right Honourable Lord GilI to the Finance and Public Administration Committee of the Scottish Parliament I have been following the progress of the Committee’s project on the shortcomings of public inquiries in Scotland.
If we do not get it right, we are doing a disservice to the people of Scotland, but we have to look at that away from only local government services and across the whole of the public sector.
The implications that the retained EU law bill might have for our approach to preserving and advancing what we have are profound, and it remains to be seen what impact it will have on Scotland’s ability to act in its own devolved interests.
The way to ensure energy security and lower energy prices, as well as safeguard the planet, is to make the shift to renewable and low-carbon sources of energy. We can illustrate that right now in Scotland by the fact that wind power is already the cheapest form of power in our energy mix.
Colleagues will recall lengthy discussions during stage 1 about whether the enforcement powers in the bill go far enough. Many, including the Scottish Human Rights Commission and the Open Rights Group Scotland, concluded that they did n...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 October 2016
Given Scotland’s strong and unequivocal vote to remain in the EU, Scotland is now faced with one of the specific scenarios in which this government pledged that the Scottish Parliament should have the right to hold an independence referendum.
We trust those briefings remain useful and have helped enable the Convenor and Deputy Convenor to play an active role in PPA discussions on issues of particular interest to Scotland, such as agrifood trade, citizens’ rights and mobility.