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It welcomed there being fewer new policy commitments in the most recent Programme for Government and also speculated whether there were existing policy commitments that could be revisited.
Responding, the DFM committed to explore this further and asked his officials to liaise with the Committee on how much additional time may be required, and how this fits with the programme for the review overall.
Oxfam Scotland advocated for far greater depth and quality to the public consultation for the next review in order to give it legitimacy and to en...
Committee reports
Date published:
28 September 2022
The Committee calls on the Scottish Government, in responding to this report, to set out what action it is taking through the Best Start, Bright Futures programme to address the impact of poverty on children and young people and specifically what impact it expects this action to have in reducing health inequalities.
Public Health Scotland's evaluation of early adopters of CLWs concluded:
The CLW role cannot be seen in isolation and the sustainability and potential for a CLW programme to succeed will be dependent on the availability of sufficiently resourced services and support to refer patients to in the local area.
Five meetings were held entirely in private, two meetings were held entirely in public and 17 meetings included items in private
The items considered in private included the Committee's work programme, consideration of complaints, draft Committee reports and draft Standing Order rule changes.
The UK Government has confirmed that the UKSPF will be used to fund Multiply, a new UK wide numeracy programme.
A Levelling Up Fund (LUF) for which the UK Government has committed an initial £4 billion for England over the next four years (up to 2024-25) and set aside at least £800 million for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Se préparer pour et s’adapter aux changements climatiques "déjà enclenchés". Le Programme du Gouvernement Ecossais sur l’Adaptation au Changement Climatique établit les risques climatiques majeurs pour l’Écosse de manière étroitement liée aux Objectifs de Développement Durable des Nations Unies, et la façon dont on leur fait face.
Committee reports
Date published:
29 September 2021
Given the Scottish Government’s commitment to continue to align with EU standards where possible, this development may raise further questions about what the devolved levers are in this area, and how the Scottish Government proposes to use them.ixAs noted in the most recent PfG, the Scottish Government will ‘implement our commitment to align with EU standards and laws.’ A Fairer, Greener Scotland: Programme...
The group's remit is to:
advise and inform the review's strategic programme of work
advise on current and historic seaweed related science and research ensuring that the review uses the most up to date approaches and considers the best available evidence
advise on how the review can be future proofed so that it is relevant as the sector evolves
establish a ...
Prior to this CCTV in slaughterhouses was voluntary, but encouraged. Following a 2017-2018 Programme for Government commitment to consult on mandatory measures, a consultation was subsequently held in 2018.