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The Committee also recommends that the Scottish Government refresh and re-convene the SAF working group with a widely-drawn membership and a mandate to think creatively about growing the sector and making best use of Grangemouth and other key assets around the country.
Officials added that “there will likely be some form of tracker” to monitor the have regard duty but that, “because it is a new approach, we are not entirely sure how that information will be provided and how it can be recorded, so we are keeping an open mind as to how best to be able to do that”. Officials confirmed that it will be “quite a task to track ...
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Date published:
21 November 2025
The Cabinet Secretary also stated that the Scottish Government’s role is to use its “convening power and the best possible information to ensure that we have cultural provision across Scotland”, while respecting its arms-length relationship with local authorities.
We are in agreement with South Lanarkshire Council that advice on housing options needs to be provided as early as possible, especially to victim/survivors, and ask the Scottish Government to work with the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) on how this best practice can be consistently provided by all local authorities.
a strengthened shared services model, ensuring that decisions are driven by principles of best value, regional distribution, long-term cost efficiency, and operational performance and sustainability.
“I’m pleased we’ve partnered with local groups on this visit to Cumbernauld and Carbrain, and I’m sure we’ll have great discussions about how the Parliament can best represent people in Central Scotland.
Delegates will discuss how Parliaments can become more inclusive, the barriers women face to entering and staying in politics and what more can be done to increase the number of women in politics. They will consider how best to implement recommendations from gender sensitive audit reports and how gender equality networks, working groups and caucuses can be ...
This would, allow for more effective service design and provide Best Value in public spending. The current trend of issuing single year budgets threatens the sustainability of essential services and does not provide IJBs with the funding certainty required to undertake long-term financial and strategic planning.
“Having already visited the Highland and Islands region and the Borders, this visit to Glasgow is an opportunity to meet with local community groups to hear about the challenges facing them and how their Parliament can best meet the needs of their communities.