Jan. 31 2024
Source Page: The Environment Strategy for Scotland. Reducing Scotland's International Environmental Impact: Learning from International Best PracticesFound: consumption of seven key commodities – beef and leather, cocoa, palm oil, pulp and paper, rubber, soya and timber
Jan. 30 2024
Source Page: Wave 4 T Levels: overlapping qualificationsFound: Agriculture, Enviromental and Animal Care 60069703 City & Guilds Level 3 Diploma In Work-based Trees and Timber
Mentions:
1: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) Government is committed to doing all that we can, with all that we have, to support our priorities in rural industries - Speech Link
2: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) important that we do not forget the real progress that we have made when it comes to developing the industries - Speech Link
3: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) to be in a position of having really helped to drive forward the industry—whether that is nurseries, timber - Speech Link
Written Evidence Jan. 24 2024
Inquiry: Securing the domestic supply chainFound: Notably, the UK shifted its import sources from Russia to other countries, affecting both steel and timber
Found: perennial energy crops such as miscanthus; • biomass co-products and residues, such as sawdust from timber
Mentions:
1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) The strategy will offer a clear view of the economic sectors and industries in which we have the greatest - Speech Link
2: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) They would put a stop to key industries in Scotland, such as our oil and gas sector, and they have stopped - Speech Link
3: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) I will make some progress first.Cuts are being made to vital industries that are leading in the areas - Speech Link
4: Lumsden, Douglas (Con - North East Scotland) projects, services that collect garden waste and deal with compost, and those that provide wood and timber - Speech Link
5: Rowley, Alex (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) Scotland’s industries would collapse tomorrow if they were not able to access skills and trades from - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Burgess, Ariane (Green - Highlands and Islands) Our woods also contribute towards our community in the form of timber production, venison produce, craft - Speech Link
2: Smyth, Colin (Lab - South Scotland) 30 per cent more carbon than other woodland types, so we need not only an increase in trees to meet timber - Speech Link
3: Mundell, Oliver (Con - Dumfriesshire) I understand that there is an economic benefit to having home-sourced commercial timber, but the Sitka - Speech Link
4: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) That is important work, and I look forward to supporting those industries and businesses as we work to - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Earl of Kinnoull (XB - Excepted Hereditary) This greatly reduces the yield and quality of the timber. - Speech Link
2: Lord Carrington (XB - Excepted Hereditary) as faster establishment, reduced mortality and a reduced need for herbicides, resulting in improved timber - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab - Life peer) Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register and that I am co-chair of the APPG for the Timber - Speech Link
Jan. 18 2024
Source Page: Circular economy and waste route map to 2030: strategic environmental assessment - environmental reportFound: It is likely than any negative impacts on employment in virgin material extraction industries will be
Jan. 17 2024
Source Page: Progress in improving the natural environment in England 2022 to 2023Found: leakage and household water consumption, but not national data sets on non-household water usage from industries