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Last updated: 9 February 2026

Letter from Environmental Standards Scotland Proposed ESS Strategy 20262031 5 February 2026

Yours sincerely, Dr Richard Dixon Chair Environmental Standards Scotland Enquiries [email protected] Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD 0808 1964000 Annex A: Coverage of Continuity Act Requirements within the Proposed Strategy Schedule 2 of the Continuity Act Reference Relevant Section(s) of Proposed Strategy 1 (1) The strategy prepared and published under section 22(1) Chapter 4 – paragraphs must set out how Environmental Standards Scotland intends to 4.17 – 4.29 — (a) monitor— (i) public authorities’ compliance with environmental law, and (ii) the effectiveness of environmental law and of how it is implemented and applied, (b) provide for persons (including members of the public, Chapter 4 – paragraphs non-government organisations and other bodies) to 4.17 – 4.23 make representations to it about any matter concerning— (i) whether a public authority is failing (or has failed) to comply with environmental law, (ii) the effectiveness of environmental law or of how it is (or has been) implemented or applied, (c) handle those representations, including how it will Chapter 4 – paragraphs keep persons informed about its handling of their 4.17 – 4.23 representations, (d) exercise its functions in a way that respects and Chapter 1 – paragraphs avoids any overlap with— 1.7 – 1.8 (i) other statutory regimes (including statutory provision for appeals) or administrative complaints procedures, (ii) the exercise of functions by the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman, the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life in Scotland, the Scottish Information Commissioner, Audit Scotland or the Committee on Climate Change, (iii) the exercise of functions by any committee of the Scottish Parliament for the time being appointed by virtue of standing orders, whose responsibilities include considering matters relating to environmental law, (e) determine whether to carry out an investigation into Chapter 4 – paras 4.17 – any matter concerning— 4.18 Environmental Standards Scotland Enquiries [email protected] Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD 0808 1964000 (i) whether a public authority is failing (or has failed) to comply with environmental law, (ii) the effectiveness of environmental law or of how it is (or has been) implemented or applied, (f) carry out and prioritise any such investigations, Chapter 4 – paragraphs 4.19 – 4.24 (g) engage with the public authorities it investigates with Chapter 4 – paragraphs a view to — 4.3 – 4.6 (i) swiftly resolving (so far as possible without the need to issue a compliance notice or prepare an improvement report) any matter concerning a failure to comply with environmental law, to make effective environmental law or to implement or apply it effectively, and (ii) reaching agreement on any appropriate remedial action to be taken for the purpose of environmental protection, and (h) identify and recommend measures to improve the Chapter 4 – particularly effectiveness of environmental law or of how it is paragraphs 4.4, 4.8 – implemented or applied. 4.10, 4.17 – 4.18, and 4.25 – 4.30 (2) In addition, the strategy must set out— Chapters 3 and 4 – (a) the general factors that Environmental Standards particularly paragraphs Scotland intends to consider before exercising its 3.1 – 3.8, 4.3 – 4.4, 4.20 functions (including its power to require public and 4.25 authorities to provide information), (b) how Environmental Standards Scotland intends to— Chapter 4 – particularly (i) take account of different kinds of information paragraphs 4.20, 4.24 (for example, evidence, research, independent and 4.25 – 4.29 and expert advice and developments in international environmental protection legislation) for the purpose of exercising its functions, (ii) determine what constitutes a systemic failure Chapter 4 – paragraphs for the purpose of section 26(2), 4.8 – 4.10 (iii) determine whether a failure to comply with Chapter 4 – paragraphs environmental law could be addressed more 4.7 – 4.8 effectively by issuing a compliance notice (rather than by preparing an improvement report) for the purpose of section 26(3), Environmental Standards Scotland Enquiries [email protected] Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HD 0808 1964000 (iv) determine whether a failure to comply with Chapter 4 – paragraphs environmental law is serious for the purposes of 4.11 – 4.14 section 38(1)(a) and (4)(a), (v...
Last updated: 20 January 2026

PE2085_S

The leading authority on the meaning of “ordinarily resident” in UK law is the House of Lords decision in R v London Borough of Barnet, ex parte Shah [1983] 2 AC 309.
Last updated: 29 July 2025

Minute of the meeting held on 19 June 2025

The ambassador is keen to visit Scotland, and we will build trip plans for him to consider including around the Festival and USA v Scotland Rugby. Q&A Q1: Liam Kerr MSP (LK MSP) asks whether first visit might be to Aberdeen, given Oil and Gas industry and golf.
Last updated: 19 August 2024

Minute of the meeting held 20 June 2024

Cross-Party Group on WASPI 20 June 2024 Minute Present MSPs Katy Clark M Chapman Meghan Gallagher C Haughey Non-MSP Group Members L Paterson M Eley W Millar F Brown R Dickson C McMillan A Wallis C Jardine L Craighead S McKellar M Donnelly Sadie Harris L McColl K McDonald J Cowley S Arnott K Nurse L Quinn J Farmer E Loch J Rimmer Anne Potter (Secretariat) Apologies Peter Aldous B Wishart P O’Kane 1 J Stevenson C Martinez L Carmichael C Houston M Grierson V...
Last updated: 8 September 2023

Minutes of the meeting held on 12 June 2023

Presentation on the Shipping infrastructure John Adams (JA) presented an overview from the shipping industry on what infrastructure is needed to accelerate the transition to green shipping. He discussed past experience at V-Ships and his broad perspective of shipping challenges and opportunities with net zero ambitions.
Last updated: 22 May 2023

NHS Grampian Recovery_of_NHS_dentistry_services

How much COVID-related funding did you receive from the Scottish Government to fund the following measures? entilation improvements • V • Equipment • Variable speed drilling equipment Response NHS Grampian received the following allocation: Received Additional Comments Ventilation £486,901.00 Improvements Equipment Zero No additional funding received.
Last updated: 1 November 2022

SPICe Briefing for petition PE1950 Amended

The UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has offered to explore with Astrazeneca (AZ) the possibility of a clinical trial and to that end have ® offered to include Evusheld in the PROTECT-V study. Scottish Government Action The Scottish Government and the NHS in Scotland can independently procure and prescribe licensed medicines.
Last updated: 27 October 2022

PE1951_Z

Persistence of Biogeochemical Alterations of Deep‐Sea Sediments by Bottom Trawling. Geophysical Research Letters, 48 v https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1618858114 vi https://marine.gov.scot/sma/assessment-theme/pressures-activities vii https://neweconomics.org/uploads/files/Griffin-Nephrops-latest.pdf viii https://www.gov.scot/binaries/content/document...
Questions and Answers Date answered: 9 December 2025

S6W-42079

In conversation, it was proposed by a representative of For Women Scotland that a meeting take place with the First Minister after the UK Supreme Court had reached a decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. The Supreme Court published its judgment on 16 April and I, as the Cabinet Secretary with portfolio responsibility for equality met ...
Questions and Answers Date answered: 21 October 2025

S6W-40802

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish updated guidance for all public authorities that is consistent with the Supreme Court judgment in the case, For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. In relation to Scottish Government guidance, SG has already taken action that includes:Updating our guidance for the Gender Representation on Pub...

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