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In announcing the Scottish Government's decision to introduce a grouse moor licensing regime on 26 November 2020, the (then) Rural Affairs and Natural Environment Minister, Mairi Gougeon MSP said:
...we recognise the contribution that grouse shooting makes to the rural economy.
The Minister for Equalities, Kaukab Stewart MSP, has written to UK Ministers requesting that they put forward an amendment to the Bill to give Scottish Ministers the same powers as are being proposed to be taken by UK Ministers.
The Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment, Mairi Gougeon MSP said in Parliament on 4 June 2020, that the Scottish Government is currently reviewing goose management schemes and working with NatureScot to explore what future schemes might look like.
The Minister for UK Negotiations on Scotland's Place in Europe, Michael Russell MSP, [hereafter the Minister] outlined the Scottish Government perspective on this list in the following terms—
We believe that the nature of the list may indicate the areas that the UK Government may wish to re-reserve, because there is no indication that it does not wish to re...
The times in that year when Scotland is where their principal UK home is located comprise (in aggregate) at least as much of that year as the times (if any) in that year when the location of their principal UK home is not in Scotland;
the number of days they spend in Scotland in that year is equal or above the number of days they spend elsewhere in the UK; or
for the whole or part of the tax year they are an MSP...
The Policy Memorandum can be found online here: https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/s6/criminal-justice-modernisation-and-abusive-domestic-behaviour-reviews-scotland-bill
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In September 2017, the then First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon MSP, set out a new commitment to eradicate rough sleeping, transform the use of temporary accommodation in Scotland, and end homelessness.
Retrieved from <a href="https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/1790/pdf/" target="_blank">https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/1790/pdf/</a> [accessed 19 June 2021]
Some issues and questions
The Scottish Government’s Just Transition, Employment and Fair Work Minister Richard Lochhead MSP wrote to the UK Government (July 2021), s...
Committee reports
Date published:
22 September 2020
Membership changes
The membership of the Committee changed during the course of the Committee's consideration of the Bill at Stage 1. Annie Wells MSP left the Committee on 18 August 2020.