This search includes all content on the Scottish Parliament website, except for Votes and Motions. All Official Reports (what has been said in Parliament) and Questions and Answers are available from 1999. You can refine your search by adding and removing filters.
Further to the questions that have already been asked about the bill, would leaving the EU ETS in the event of no deal require any changes to Scotland’s national level emissions accounting as it currently operates, given that Scottish emissions are currently adjusted to take into account the EU ETS?
In their submission, Professor Ross and Professor Reid suggest that the bill could be amended to “require” managers to take into account the considerations that are listed in section 7(2).
I welcome the fact that the cabinet secretary has already appointed an ad hoc commission that is directly accountable to her, but it is important that the Parliament says that we want a statutory commission that is accountable to us as MSPs and not merely to the minister of the day.
We have reformed Scottish planning policy in the lifetime of this Government to take greater account of cumulative impacts and to protect key landscapes including the national scenic areas and national parks.
As the Auditor General has pointed out, my role is to report on the robustness of the information that supports the numbers in the year-end accounts. We became aware of the issue, so our role was to ensure that it was appropriately reflected in the accounts.
There is no doubt that that formula is leading to the closure of maternity services and cottage hospitals across the likes of Dumfries and Galloway. The NRAC formula accounts for the additional cost of delivering services in rural areas.