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The Scottish Government continues to lead the Partnership for Action Against Wildlife Crime Scotland, and supports this broad partnership approach as the best way to tackle wildlife crime. The Scottish Government is also continuing to fund the National Wildlife Crime Unit based in Livingston.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 November 2015
As the SFRS continues to evolve, and works to consider how best to contribute to supporting community safety, the number of fire-fighters and support staff will continue to reflect the needs of communities and services priorities.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
3 February 2014
SNH look forward to working with key interested bodies including the National Farmers Union Scotland and the Scottish Crofting Federation over the coming months to design a scheme that best meets the needs of land managers and others with an interest in sea eagle management.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
7 December 2012
The Council then welcomed a paper on Early Years policy, with all council members recognising the importance of continuing in efforts to do everything possible to protect and nurture our children and give them the best possible start in life. The Minister for Children and Young People made clear the projected benefits, both social and economic, in taking a ...
The implementation of Equally Well is, therefore, being taken forward alongside the Early Years Framework, the Government’s strategy for ensuring children have the best possible start in life, and the anti-poverty strategy, Achieving Our Potential.
As others have done, I congratulate the bid team on securing the games and I welcome the First Minister's intention to ensure that the 2014 games is the best-ever sporting event in Scotland—although I suspect that the right result against the world champions on Saturday will be difficult to surpass.Does the First Minister agree that it is not only about having the best-ever games in Scotland, and that we should aim to have the best Scottish team competing in the Commonwealth games when they come to Glasgow?
One would expect the Scottish Government's action plan to focus exclusively on how we can best influence the development of policy in key areas—such as energy, maritime strategy, climate change, fishing and farming—and how we can best exert our influence on the European Commission directly and through the United King...