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11 December 2025
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S6W-42498 Alex Cole-Hamilton: To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent review of maternity services in Caithness will be conducted separately from the new Scottish Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce, and whether the review will be chaired by an individual who is fully independent of both NHS Highland and the Scottish Government.
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19 September 2023
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S6W-21524 Donald Cameron: To ask the Scottish Government what (a) it and (b) its agencies are doing to support Doors Open Days in the Highlands and Islands region.
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 May 2018
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 22 May 2018
Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 22 May 2018 Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee 22 May 2018Decision on Taking Business in Private Decision on Taking Business in Private Welcome to the 17th meeting in 2018 of the Environment, Climate Ch...
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13 June 2023
Informal engagement notes from meeting with senior figures from Developing the Young Workforce
. • Edinburgh College has a Financial Services Academy, delivered in partnership with major financial services employers including Tesco Bank and Standard Life with an accelerated pathway to year two of a degree in Financial Services with Edinburgh Napier University. • West Highland College UHI, Inverness College UHI, North Highland College UHI have worked in partnership with Highland Council, Balfour Beatie and Sightkit Solutions to establish a Virtual School (VS).
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31 October 2022
Informal engagement with senior figures from Developing the Young Workforce
. • Edinburgh College has a Financial Services Academy, delivered in partnership with major financial services employers including Tesco Bank and Standard Life with an accelerated pathway to year two of a degree in Financial Services with Edinburgh Napier University. • West Highland College UHI, Inverness College UHI, North Highland College UHI have worked in partnership with Highland Council, Balfour Beatie and Sightkit Solutions to establish a Virtual School (VS).
Official Report
Meeting date:
7 December 2021
Meeting of the Parliament (Hybrid) 07 December 2021
This morning, Chris Stark, who is the chief executive of the Climate Change Committee, said that there are really positive aspects to the Scottish plans.
Committee reports
Date published:
4 October 2019
Report on Funding of European Union Structural Fund priorities in Scotland, post-Brexit - Annexe A
Annexe A
Written evidence
The Committee received the following responses to its call for views—
Aberdeenshire Council
Highland Council
Angus LEADER Local Action Group
Stirling Council
Shetland Islands Council
Argyll and Bute Council
Colleges Partnership
Culture Counts
South Lanarkshire Council
Orkney Islands Council
Orkney LEADER Local Action Group
COSLA
Industrial Communities Alliance Scotland
Creative Scotland
Historic Environment Scotland
Scottish Cities
Fife LEADER Local Action Group
Fife Council
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Highlands and Islands European Partnership
The Young People's Consortium
SOLACE
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Glasgow City Council
University of Highlands and Islands
Scottish Enterprise
West Dunbartonshire Council
East of Scotland European Consortium (ESEC)
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Margaret Cuthbert
Dundee City Council
Universities Scotland
SNH
East Lothian Council
RSPB
North Ayrshire Council
South of Scotland Alliance
SLAED
Angus Council
Angus CPP
Morag Keith
West of Scotland European Forum
Museum Galleries Scotland
Scottish Funding Council
SCVO
Zero Waste Scotland
David Bell, University of Stirling
Anonymous (1)
Anonymous (2)
A summary of the responses was published on the website at the following link—
Summary of written evidence (219KB pdf)
Oral evidence
The Committee took oral evidence at the following meetings —
14th Meeting 2019 - 12 June 2019
Kate Still, Director, Princes' Trust on behalf of the Young People's Consortium;
Ruchir Shah, Head of Policy, SCVO;
Ross Johnston, Deputy Director (Sustainable Development), Scottish Natural Heritage;
Nora Uhrig, Senior Associate - Programmes Scotland, Equality and Human Rights Commission;
Dugald Craig, Chief Executive, Colleges Partnership;
Susan Love, Policy Manager, Federation of Small Business.
15th Meeting 2019 - 19 June 2019
Angus MacLeod, Policy Officer, Highlands and Islands European Partnership;
Stuart Bews, Senior External Funding and Policy Officer, Aberdeen City Council, on behalf of Scottish Cities;
Roddy MacDonald, Scotland Director, Industrial Communities Alliance;
Professor David Bell, Professor of Economics, University of Stirling;
Malcolm Burr, Chief Executive, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar;
Gill Lawrie, Vice Chair, Angus LEADER Local Action Group;
Lynn Murray, Chief Finance Officer, Zero Waste Scotland.
16th Meeting 2019 - 26 June 2019
Ivan McKee, Minister for Trade, Investment and Innovation;
Hilary Pearce, Deputy Director, European Structural Funds and State Aid Division;
Susan Tamburrini, Team Leader, Smart Growth, European Structural Funds, Scottish Government.
Last updated:
11 May 2022
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In the view of the UK Government, what can now be done to ensure that the Scottish Cluster goes ahead in Phase Two.
Last updated:
25 March 2026
Recreational boating 26 Feb 2026 PDF
History and Key Milestones of Marine Planning in Scotland Timeline: Pre-2009: • 2009 – Marine & coastal Access Act • Fragmented, voluntary, sector-specific approaches • 2010 – Marine (Scotland) Act • Devolution (1998) - marine responsibilities (fishing, environment, and ports) to the Scottish • 2011 – UK Marine Policy statement Parliament. • 2015 – Scottish Marine Regions Order Statutory Planning (2009-): • 2015 – Scotland’s first National Marine Plan • Marine planning was formalised through legislation – aim to balance economic growth and environmental protection • 2020 – Sectoral marine plan for OW energy • Foundations laid for a statutory planning system designed to manage competing demands like • 2025 – Shetland Islands Regional Marine Plan renewable energy, conservation, and tourism Marine Planning in Scotland (2011) The National Marine Plan (2015) Marine (Scotland) Act Section 15: The National Marine Plan (NMP) provides a Decisions of public authorities affected by a single, integrated policy framework for the marine plans sustainable use of Scotland’s seas. (1) A public authority must take any authorisation or enforcement decision in accordance with the appropriate marine Links marine planning with terrestrial plans, unless relevant considerations indicate planning systems to ensure coherent otherwise. management across land-sea boundaries. (2) If a public authority makes an authorisation or enforcement decision otherwise than in accordance with the Seeks to balance economic growth, appropriate marine plans, it must state its environmental protection, and social reasons. benefits in line with sustainable (3) A public authority must have regard to the development principles. appropriate marine plans in making any decision— The NMP is legally (a) which relates to the exercise Guides public authorities, developers, and binding on public by them of any function capable of affecting regulators when making decisions on authorities and must the whole or any part of the Scottish marine marine activities (e.g., aquaculture, area, but be considered in all renewables, shipping, fisheries).
Last updated:
10 November 2022
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Scottish Cluster support 28 Scottish Government, 14 January 2022.
