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This gives, for each project, total grant awarded, the anticipated CO2 reduction in tonnes as estimated on the original application form date of the final application was submitted.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
21 October 2011
The construction works for HMP Highland will commence following the acquisition of a site and planning permission for this development and the subsequent completion of a procurement process for the award of a construction contract. A date for the commencement of construction works will be set following completion of these events.
To ask the Scottish Executive on what date the care inspectorate become aware of concerns at Elsie Inglis Nursing Home; what the nature of these concerns were and what action was taken.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the proposed dates are for the various (a) pre-tender, (b) tender and (c) contract award stages of the next contract to provide lifeline ferry services to the Northern Isles.
Outline of the UK Bill and the Committee's consideration to date
The Crime and Policing Bill was introduced by the UK Government in the House of Commons on 25 February 2025.
The Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands set out the Scottish Government's position in more detail in a letter to the Minister of State for Food Security and Rural Affairs dated 22 October 2025.
The minutes further note:
Under other business there was brief discussion of the Welsh Government’s proposal for an exclusion from the UK In...
As currently drafted, the Bill does not allow this to happen, as sections 1 and 2, which relate to aftercare, and section 10, which relates to a register for foster carers, amend legislation that pre-dates the Scottish Parliament. The Committee therefore urges the Scottish Government to explore how it might remedy this, as the Bill progresses through Parlia...
Committee reports
Date published:
12 December 2025
Progress also remains insufficient to facilitate a rights-based analysis of the budget, which is concerning as Scotland progresses to incorporate Economic, Social and Cultural rights into domestic law
The Committee encourages the Scottish Government to reflect on its approach to development and evaluation of policy and place a new emphasis on participation in a way that it has not achieved to date.
The Committee also reflects on its own experience of participation and co-production working with CARM this year.