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Their final report was published in March 2021. Specific reference is made to an integrated approach to land use:
With more integrated approaches to land use, the net-zero transition presents opportunities to look afresh at how the potential of Scotland's land can be maximised.
The most recent Land Reform (Scotland) Bill, introduced in March 2024, reflects this challenge. Among other things, it proposes changes to agricultural tenancies, which would give tenants greater scope to diversify into other types of land management, such as nature restoration.
In response to a question about why the Scottish Government did not publish a revised Financial Memorandum at the time of Police Scotland providing the revised costs, the Cabinet Secretary explained to the Committee that—
“I do not just accept what people tell me something is going to cost; I expect my officials to robustly examine it. In March of this year...
They responded by stating that a thematic review in this area would be “very worthwhile"3Scottish Parliament. (2024, March 14). Official Report of the Public Audit Committee.
Background and introduction
On 19 March 2024, the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body (SPCB) referred a report on its consideration of an excluded complaintiAn excluded complaint is a complaint that does not fall within the remit of the Ethical Standards Commissioner. regarding Michael Matheson MSP to the Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments SPP...
In correspondence from the Allowances Office on 28 March 2023 – before the £3000 payment was authorised – the transfer of monies in the manner proposed was described to him as a claim.
The Bill was paused and then subsequently introduced again in the House of Commons on 8 March 2023. The provisions in the Bill relate principally to reserved matters, however, a few aspects of the Bill relate to matters that are devolved in Scotland.
It further notes that the outstanding Scotland-wide balance as of 31 March 2022 was ?16.9 billion and that loan repayments amounted to 30% of the total that would have been chargeable under accounting standards had depreciation been included.
A final report by the Law Commission was published in March 2020. The Commission’s main findings were that:
electoral law should be rationalised into a single, consistent legislative framework with consistent electoral laws across all elections, except where differences are necessary (for example, due to different voting systems)
the process for challenging...