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Scottish Government Publication (Minutes)
Economic Development Directorate

Apr. 19 2024

Source Page: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024
Document: Convention of the Highlands and Islands minutes: March 2024 (webpage)

Found: for Scots, recognition of Scots, a strategy for Scots, guidance on Scots and promotion of Scots in schools

Lords Chamber
English Horticultural Sector (Horticultural Sector Committee Report) - Fri 19 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Baroness Fookes (Con - Life peer) It is quite clear that very little is done in schools to encourage knowledge of horticulture. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Caithness (Con - Excepted Hereditary) peatlands, does the Minister agree that it is better to carry on cropping them, protect the remaining carbon - Speech Link

Select Committee
Government response to the Environment and Climate Change Committee report 'EV Strategy: rapid recharge needed'

Government Response Apr. 19 2024

Committee: Environment and Climate Change Committee

Found: The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023, also known as the ZEV mandate, entered into effect

Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Scotland's Commissioner Landscape - A Strategic Approach
Apr. 19 2024
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Scotland has seven commissioners accountable to Parliament, with an eighth approved in September 2023 and six more proposed. Due to the rise in the number, and therefore cost, the Finance and Public Administration Committee has begun an inquiry into Scotland's Commissioner Landscape. This briefing provides insight into the Commissioner landscape in Scotland

Found: people and communities across W ales – the NHS and the core local government settlement, which funds schools

Select Committee
In Kind Direct
 EWCE0007 - Electronic waste and the circular economy: follow-up

Written Evidence Apr. 18 2024

Committee: Environmental Audit Committee

Found: technology, donated by manufacturers and brands, to charities, community groups, food banks and schools

Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 18 Apr 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He is also enabling Net Zero Teesside, the world’s first industrial scale carbon capture, usage and storage - Speech Link
2: Craig Whittaker (Con - Calder Valley) The key to reducing emissions and alleviating congestion is improving access to the sector through a - Speech Link
3: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Friend is absolutely right that increasing the number and making sure that every region has medical schools - Speech Link

Bill Documents
18 Apr 2024 - Briefing papers
Briefing paper on the Bill
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023-24

Found: The government is: • Committing an initial £105 million towards a wave of 15 new special free schools

Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (Post-legislative Scrutiny) - Wed 17 Apr 2024

Mentions:
1: Whittle, Brian (Con - South Scotland) impact not just on health and education but on things like the circular economy, the rural economy and emissions - Speech Link
2: Baker, Claire (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) We all support good nutritional standards in schools, but if the minister were to have that conversation - Speech Link
3: None On the concept of carbon accounting, there is a risk of unreliability in conflating spend with emissions - Speech Link
4: None miss the opportunity to articulate demand management-type strategies to reduce the cycle of scope 3 emissions - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Correspondence to the Convener from Karen Watt, Chief Executive, Scottish Funding Council, 17 April 2024
 Scotland's colleges 2023: Scottish Funding Council response, April 2024

Correspondence Apr. 17 2024

Inquiry: Scotland's colleges 2023
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Public Audit Committee

Found: : BE-ST is an innovation centre which aims to accelerate the built environment’s transition to zero carbon

Westminster Hall
Food Waste and Food Distribution - Tue 16 Apr 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Mentions:
1: Sharon Hodgson (Lab - Washington and Sunderland West) parliamentary group on school food, I hear from food procurement specialists, school food providers, schools - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) I am impressed when I go to schools and see equal numbers of young boys in the same class, doing the - Speech Link
3: Wera Hobhouse (LD - Bath) emissions is well documented. - Speech Link
4: Daniel Zeichner (Lab - Cambridge) carbon dioxide equivalent—a point made very well by my hon. - Speech Link
5: Robbie Moore (Con - Keighley) The Act also requires non-household municipal premises, such as businesses, hospitals and schools, to - Speech Link