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Working with other committees
As with predecessor Public Audit Committees, the Session 6 Committee sought to add value to, rather than duplicate, the work of subject committees. It therefore looked to co-ordinate its scrutiny with that of other committees, focussing on issues raised by the Auditor General rather than matters of policy and then highlighting...
In terms of the care system, GIRFEC principles mean that decisions about a child or young person should be based on an understanding of needs and wellbeing, with co-ordination between services and a focus on early intervention.
It is really imperative that we in Government work with our partners in the university sector and in colleges to ensure that that co-ordinated support plan is followed through.
Structural challenges • How the current fiscal framework could be strengthened to reflect structural challenges such as climate change, which requires a co-ordinated response across the two governments, and demographic trends which are more pronounced in Scotland.
Structural challenges • How the current fiscal framework could be strengthened to reflect structural challenges such as climate change, which requires a co-ordinated response across the two governments, and demographic trends which are more pronounced in Scotland.
A Net Zero Committee could:
Have a clear mandate as a connecting, strategic committee, considering the alignment of key Government strategies across portfolios with net zero goals;
Explore strategic areas such as the wellbeing economy, pursuit of the UN SDGs, alignment of net zero and the National Performance Framework, embedding just transition and human-rights approaches, green recovery, innovation, behaviour change and the circular economy;
Lead and co-ordinate...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
16 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to the report of the Task and Finish Group on Temporary Accommodation, what role the Scottish Government will play in co-ordinating the proposed national acquisition programme.
Professor Jason Leitch is national clinical director, Penelope Cooper is director of Covid co-ordination and Graham Fisher is deputy director in the legal directorate.