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Date answered:
15 August 2023
S6W-20135
This can be of significant benefit to not only the fishing industry but also fisheries managers and could improve our ability to provide enhanced protection to our marine environment going forward. S6W-20135
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Date answered:
15 August 2023
S6W-20308
In addition to currently providing up to 100% funding for peatland restoration, we are working on a variety of parallel fronts by leveraging activity across the Scottish Government and through Peatland ACTION to increase restoration rates, this includes:developing new models for private finance;improving our scientific knowledge base to ensure we target restoration where it can be most beneficial;encouraging landowners and managers to participate in restoration through our land and agriculture reform programmes as well as exploring opportunities for restoration on public land;signposting to the new National Planning Framework ( https://www.gov.scot/publications/national-planning-framework-4/pages/6/ ), which strengthens controls on future extraction and on other types of development on peat;our consultation on ending the sale of peat in Scotland (closed 12 May 2023) which will support further policy development;addressing the skills shortages through the Peatland Skills, Capacity and Training Group which brings together partners from Peatland ACTION, Skills Development Scotland, LANTRA, Confor, Scotland’s Rural Collage and the James Hutton Institute;developing a Technical Compendium (published November 2022) ( https://www.nature.scot/doc/peatland-action-technical-compendium ) which is providing robust and standardised guidance on how to restore peatland and is helping contractors to specify and plan works more efficiently. S6W...
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Date answered:
9 August 2023
S6W-19925
This resulted in the establishment of the Heat in Buildings Local Government Oversight group, which meets on a regular basis to provide a forum for dialog between relevant Scottish Government and COSLA officials on the Heat in Buildings programme and wider heat transition. S6W-19925
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Date answered:
8 August 2023
S6W-20093
The legislation is underpinned by national policy and tools to encourage procurement to make the best use of public money. S6W-20093
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28 July 2023
S6W-19599
Overlooking Scotland’s unique economic needs, and largely ignores rural, and sparsely populated regions. S6W-19599
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Date answered:
18 July 2023
S6W-19484
I encourage both parties to engage with each other to reach a negotiated settlement to avoid industrial action. S6W-19484
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Date answered:
11 July 2023
S6W-18929
The Scottish Government continues to work with NHS National Education for Scotland (NES) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in developing a joint programme to encourage more students, and not just school leavers, to consider careers in pharmacy, including ensuring the output reaches deprived and remote and rural communities. S6W-18929
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Date answered:
11 July 2023
S6W-19332
Considering how we all use water and can minimise consumption is important in improving resilience to climate change and protecting the environment. S6W-19332
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Date answered:
29 June 2023
S6W-19168
Around 70% of premises that will be connected through the £600 million Reaching 100% (R100) contracts are in rural areas and all of the 55 mast sites to be delivered through S4GI are located on islands or in rural Scotland. S6W-19168
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Date answered:
23 June 2023
S6W-19131
Additionally, research from RGU (2022) highlighted that a majority of offshore workers could be delivering low carbon energy by 2030 and that more than 90% of the UK’s oil and gas workforce have medium to high skills transferability – they are well positioned to work in adjacent energy sectors. S6W-19131
