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Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
2 May 2012
S4O-00990
To ask the Scottish Executive what action it will take to meet the international goals agreed in the NASCO Guidance on Best Management Practices to address the impacts of sea lice and escaped salmon on wild salmon stocks.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
14 March 2012
S4O-00842
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to assist Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service following the recent Audit Scotland report, The Audit of Best Value: Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
24 August 2026
Environment: Session 7 Subject Profile - Key legislation and policy
Emissions from certain industrial installations are also regulated by SEPA under UK Best Available Technique (BAT) conclusions.
Committee reports
Date published:
5 February 2026
Report on the Scottish Budget 2026-27 - Social security spending
We therefore seek further information on the Scottish Government’s ‘public value’ work and how it will assess which social security programmes deliver the best outcomes, including in relation to universal payments.
Committee reports
Date published:
2 February 2026
The Scotland Act 1998 (Modification of Schedule 5) Order 2026 [draft]
The Cabinet Secretary emphasised that the Scottish Government remains neutral on the Scottish Bill, and that any questions on policy coherence would be best addressed by the Member in charge of the Bill (Liam McArthur).
Committee reports
Date published:
23 January 2026
Stage 1 Report on the Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill - Views on the proposal
Its report noted the position of Ash Regan MSP that the Scottish Ministers are best placed to know how health and social services are delivered in practice, how persons looking to exit prostitution can best be identified and supported and also how the various bodies, on which functions may be conferred, work together...
Committee reports
Date published:
10 December 2024
Stage 1 Report on the Disability Commissioner (Scotland) Bill - Duplication and overlap
It would be good to have all the commissioners under one roof, where possible, so that they can share best practice.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
5 June 2024
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill - Rules of good husbandry and estate management
In determining whether the manner in which a unit is being farmed is such as aforesaid regard shall be had, but without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of the last foregoing paragraph, to the following:—
(a) the maintenance of permanent grassland (whether meadow or pasture) properly mown or grazed and in a good state of cultivation and fertility;
(b) the handling or cropping of the arable land, including the treatment of temporary grass, so as to maintain it clean and in a good state of cultivation and fertility;
(c) where the system of farming practised requires the keeping of livestock, the proper stocking of the holding;
(d) the maintenance of an efficient standard of management of livestock;
(e) as regards hill sheep farming in particular:
(i) the maintenance of a sheep stock of a suitable breed and type in regular ages (so far as is reasonably possible) and the keeping and management thereof in accordance with the recognised practices of hill sheep farming;
(ii) the use of lug, horn or other stock marks for the purpose of determining ownership of stock sheep;
(iii) the regular selection and retention of the best...
Committee reports
Date published:
15 May 2024
Additional Support for Learning inquiry - Flexibility
There is a need to learn from and embed the online learning practices that were helpful for lots of autistic young people who found it very hard to attend school pre-2020
Deborah Best also highlighted that during the pandemic, being online was much more suited to some pupils' style of learning although it was not productive for all pupils with ASN.
Committee reports
Date published:
22 April 2024
Stage 1 report on the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Protected premises
When legislation limits how authorities and ministers can act in relation to updates in best practice and healthcare, those limitations really impact on women.
