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Dr Koruth said we should think about how we could best inform asylum seekers about mental health services which are available to them, particularly as people from different cultural backgrounds may understand mental health differently and may not recognise mental ill health.
This included a commitment to establish a national Women's Health Champion and a Women's Health Lead in every NHS board "to drive change and share best practice and innovation". In January 2023, the Scottish Government announced the appointment of Professor Anna Glasier OBE as the first Women's Health Champion for Scotland.
Committee reports
Date published:
25 September 2023
The Minister confirmed that NatureScot will update the guidance and stressed that authorisations require the people carrying out the shooting are properly qualified and are following the best practice guidance.
The Committee asked about the potential for operators to be penalised, should they fail to meet the minimum requirements to shoot at night and the p...
During the inquiry the Committee gathered evidence on best practice and barriers to cultural participation within different communities across Scotland, with visits to Wester Hailes and Craigmillar in Edinburgh, Dumfries, and Orkney.
Committee reports
Date published:
12 September 2023
SSE Renewables, written submission; EDF written submission Scottish Renewables described it as enabling "probably the best planning regime for renewables in the whole of Europe".viiOfficial Report, 21 March 2023, col 41 But we also heard that it cannot, on its own, rectify those many aspects of the the planning system that cause delay and uncertainty.
It states—
"We will achieve this with our new policy to work with individual ports and the British Ports Association to consider a process for encouraging shared best practice initiatives for reducing emissions across the sector.
Three themes we discuss are—
The policies and actions set out in the Scottish Government's 'Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 Strategy';
The implementation and potential impact of Low Emissions Zones (LEZs) in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee; and
Scotland's performance in relation to international best practice on air quality.
We support the Scottish Government's commitment to review air quality data provision, including an analysis of monitoring sites. Stakeholders made clear that best practice on monitoring, including on locating monitoring stations, means keeping pace with the most up-to-date evidence on the health impacts of air pollution, particularly in relation to vulnerab...
He added that the Government looks into other options every year but the current approach is currently the best.
Members asked whether the Scottish Government might in future consider the uprating of benefits on an individual benefit basis instead of a blanket CPI rate and whether it would prefer to be able to decide independently of DWP about the increase ...
He went on to say that the offers made available “are essentially the best I can make available in this financial year”, however, “we will continue our dialogue with the relevant trade unions”.15 The Committee explores the approach to public sector pay in the Scottish Budget 2023-24 later in this report.