5 Things Happening in Scotland This Week
As the Scottish Budget reaches Stage 2 and 3, Jack Fawcett has the latest on what’s happening in Scotland this week. Budget (Scotland) Bill reaches Stage 2 and 3 Stage 2 proceedings to amend the Budget (Scotland) (No. 4) Bill will take place on Wednesday in the Finance & Constitution Committee. Last week, Kate Forbes worked with […]
Committee Membership changes – February 2020
The Parliament yesterday approved the following changes to committee memberships and substitute memberships. Committee Memberships Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs: Gordon Lindhurst to replace Alexander Stewart Culture, Tourism, Europe & External Affairs: Oliver Mundell to replace Donald Cameron Delegated Powers & Law Reform: Gil Paterson to replace Tom Arthur Delegated Powers & Law Reform: […]
Parliament Today – MARCH OFFER
Every weekday we publish a series of daily monitoring bulletins. Covering Scotland: Parliament Today – a general round-up sent at 10:30 Health Today – new items relevant to health and social care Enterprise & Connectivity Today – business, transport, broadband, skills, planning etc Energy & Environment Today – you get the idea… Covering Northern Ireland: […]
Scottish Reshuffle – Feb 2020
Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed the details of a mini-reshuffle, following the resignation of Derek Mackay. Kate Forbes, the Public Finance Minister who stepped into the Budget role at short notice is to be given the Cabinet role for Finance on a permanent basis. First elected in 2016 to the constituency of Skye, Lochaber & Badenoch, […]
Westminster Select Committee Chairs
Committee Chairs: The following MPs have been elected to chair Commons Select Committees: Tobias Ellwood – Defence Julian Knight – Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Philip Dunne – Environmental Audit Tom Tugendhat – Foreign Affairs Jeremy Hunt – Health & Social Care Sarah Champion – International Development Angus Brendan MacNeil – International Trade Robert Neill […]
Housing: The Latest from Scotland
Morton Dunlop has the latest on the housing portfolio, including the recent progress report on homelessness and the new short-term let regulations. Homelessness Last week, the Scottish Government published the first annual progress report of the Ending Homelessness Together Action Plan. The report highlighted that 39 out of 49 measures have been progressed in its […]
The Latest on Brexit from Scotland
Hamish Morrison provides a preview of what’s to come regarding future Brexit negotiations during the transition period. Monday will kick things off with the first House of Common’s debate on the Queen’s Speech focusing, appropriately titled, “Britain in the world”. In the wake of the assassination of Iranian General, Qasem Soleimani, Boris Johnson emphasised the UK’s […]
5 Things Happening in Scotland This Week
Both Westminster and Holyrood return from recess this week. Corrie Innes has the latest on what to expect as 2020 kicks off. Scottish Questions Alister Jack replaced David Mundell as Secretary of State for Scotland in July last year, but the turbulence of the last six months at Westminster means he hasn’t yet faced an […]
Scotland’s Environment: A Round-Up
Louise Wylie has the latest on the recent environmental developments in Scotland. COP 25 Comes to an End As the UN’s COP25 climate talks come to an end, environmental groups and politicians are looking ahead to the next meeting in Glasgow in 2020. Despite a two-day extension, the longest climate negotiations on record ended with […]
5 Things Happening in Scotland This Week
Corrie Innes provides a preview of the final week at Holyrood before the Christmas recess. Westminster The Westminster engine will rumble back into life this week after the general election. The first order of business on Tuesday will be the election of a speaker – the re-appointment of newly-installed Lindsay Hoyle will be nothing more than […]
