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He also announced the sale of the banks' profitable insurance operations, which will endanger a very important sector that currently supports 1,600 jobs in Glasgow.
Your argument is comparable to the justification that the banks made for their high salaries and bonuses: they are necessary to retain specific people.
There are serious reports about the problems that banks and insurers are facing during the credit crunch, but farmers have been affected by the dreadful, wet summer that we have just had.
Committee reports
Date published:
19 December 2025
That will be a priority for us next year".xCriminal Justice Committee Official Report 12 November 2025 (Col 2)
Secondly, COPFS wants to make progress with the benefits of the reforms that have been undertaken to date. He reassured the Committee that “those reforms are working.
The focus of the inquiry was to:
Scrutinise the Scottish Government and COSLA’s Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan, its anticipated outcomes and progress to date
Assess to what degree budget allocation to the Strategy and Action Plan are sufficient, and to what degree budget allocations in other areas of Government will assist or hinder its deliver...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 November 2024
This includes power to provide for a provision of that Chapter to apply (with or without modifications) in relation to tenancies entered into before the coming into force date. Only the Scottish Ministers may make transitional or saving provision in connection with the coming into force of Chapter 5.
SLE also state that:
There has already been a cultural shift in gamekeeping (in relation to raptors)
Scottish Government measures to date including the introduction of vicarious liability and general licensing restrictions (described further below) have had significant impacts, and 2020 increases to wildlife crime penalties (via the Animals and Wildlife (Pe...