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For fish stocks located entirely within a state's EEZ, UNCLOS grants exclusive rights over conservation and management measures, including setting Total Allowable Catches (TACs). Decisions must be based on the best available scientific evidence and ensure stocks are not overexploited.
Reset national expectations to align MDT development with improving outcomes and making best use of resources.
Embed improvement principles and realistic timelines.
Operating Guidance on Funding Follows the Child states that it is for each local authority to determine "the best package [of additional support] to ensure high quality ELC provision is offered to children and families, based on their own local circumstances".
Financial Memorandums
Closely monitors the extent to which Financial Memorandums follow the requirements and guidance in the Scottish Public Finance Manual and provide, as required, best estimates for the costs and savings associated with new Bills, paying particular attention to framework legislation.
Committee reports
Date published:
27 February 2026
His submission highlights the Canadian Supreme Court case of 1998 relating to Quebec (discussed further below), which found that—
the international law right to self-determination only generates, at best, a right to [i] external self-determination in situations of former colonies; [ii] where a people is oppressed, as for example under foreign military occup...
During an informal engagement session with a peer support group for people with ADHD , one participant "described the best support they have had throughout their journey as having come from interacting with other people with ADHD".4Scottish Parliament. (2025).
Overall, the Committee has heard that there is widespread support for the need for enforcement powers but there were differences of opinion on the best approach to this. Some prioritised strict enforcement for safety, while others warned that overly rigid rules risk harming livelihoods and reducing access without improving outcomes.
The Assisted Dying Training Authority would have been responsible for setting and updating training standards for medical practitioners involved in assisted dying, accrediting providers and practitioners annually, and ensuring ongoing education reflects best practice, ethics, and societal attitudes.
Committee reports
Date published:
17 December 2025
The Committee remains unconvinced that a register will provide similar benefits for matching and asks the Scottish Government to set out how the register could improve matching, whilst keeping children and young people as close to their own families and communities as possible (where it is in their best interests to do so).
The Committee draws the Scottish ...