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Planning Conditions
Planning Authorities in Scotland can impose conditions when granting planning permission to enable development to proceed where it may otherwise have been necessary to refuse permission.
However, there is currently no legislation like the Human Rights Act which brings international obligations or ESC rights like the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights into UK or Scots law.
Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill: Stage 2 Item 2 is stage 2 consideration of the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (Amendment) (Scotland) Bill.
I remind everyone to switch off or silence mobile devices. We have received apologies from Bill Kidd MSP. The first item of business is a decision on taking business in private.
Motion moved, That the Parliament agrees, for the purposes of consideration of the legislative consent memorandum on the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Bill, Rule 9B.3.5 of Standing Orders is suspended.
Scottish Parliament People’s Panel reviewing the Climate Change (Scotland) Act 2009 (SP Paper 564) During consideration of the Bill, we were offered several further proposals for how public engagement could strengthen the next climate change plan:
An indication of the skills development that would be required to impl...
The research that it would commission would fill the current data gaps in Scotland, and filling data and knowledge gaps and improving awareness and education would have a preventative role.