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Brief overview of the Bill
This Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Economy and Fair Work, Derek Mackay MSP, on 25 March 2019. The lead Committee is the Local Government and Communities Committee.
In the Scottish Parliament chamber on 26 September 2018 Fergus Ewing MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Connectivity said - "unfortunately, the current UK Agriculture Bill impinges on devolved powers in three respects."
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Environment/General%20Documents/20170728_CS_to_GD_gen_update_remit_.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.scot/S5_Environment/General%20Documents/20170728_CS_to_GD_gen_update_remit_.pdf</a> [accessed 9 March 2018] (July 2017) the Cabinet Secretary Roseanna Cunningham MSP summarised the ...
Objectives and Content of the Bill
The Forestry and Land Management Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, Fergus Ewing MSP, on 10 May 2017. The Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee is lead committee on this Bill.
I introduce my colleagues on the committee: Gordon Jackson, Ted Brocklebank, Margaret Smith MSP and Christine May MSP. I am Tricia Marwick, the convener of the committee.
It is not simply a case of a community council, councillor, or even an MSP writing to a head teacher to say, "Your kids are chucking litter in the street."
However, if somebody is an incompetent MP—I would not suggest that there were any incompetent MSPs—no one will notice. Further, our prosperity is built on science.
Because of its Westminster background, the civil service regards MSPs as the enemy. Civil servants work for their departments, and regard other departments as the enemy, too.