Scottish Parliament
Today’s business includes:
- Topical Questions
- Ministerial Statement: Scotland’s Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan
- Scottish Government Debate: People’s Right to Choose – Respecting Scotland’s Democratic Mandate
- Ministerial Statement: Proposed Domestic Building Environmental Standards (Scotland) Bill
- Decision Time
- Members’ Business: S6M-06610 Programme Promoting the Benefits of Shared Parenting (in the name of Fulton MacGregor)
The following Committees will meet this morning:
- Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee
- Finance and Public Administration Committee
- Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee
- Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee
- Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
UK Parliament
Today’s business includes:
- Oral Questions: Justice
- Westminster Hall debate: Future of postal services
- Oral Questions: Tackling the practices of ‘greenwashing’ by businesses
- Legislation: Financial Services and Markets Bill – second reading
- Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee – Private meeting
- Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee – Oral evidence session on The Scrutiny of International Treaties and other international agreements in the 21st century
- Treasury Committee – Oral evidence session on The crypto-asset industry
- Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee – Oral evidence session on Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets
- Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation – Oral evidence session on Misinformation and trusted voices
- Built Environment Committee – Oral evidence session on Infrastructure policymaking and implementation in central government
- European Affairs Committee – Private meeting on The future of the UK-EU relationship
Aberdeenshire Council
No scheduled business
Aberdeen City Council
A meeting of the Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee is scheduled today.
News/Funding/Consultations
- Funding: Creative Scotland Open Fund – Sustaining Creative Development. This fund is for organisations and groups based in Scotland whose work or project involves the arts, screen and creative industries, and aims to enable such organisations to explore ways of working that will help them adapt and respond to the current changing circumstances as a result of covid-19. Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 are available. For more information, please click here. The fund will close on 8th February 2023.
- Funding: Business Chargepoint Funding. Grants of up to 50% of the cost of purchasing and installing electric vehicle chargepoints for small and medium enterprises in rural areas. For more information, please click here.
- Consultation: Alcohol advertising and promotion. The Scottish Government are consulting on whether further restrictions on the alcohol advertising and promotion should be introduced, what any restrictions might cover and what might be expected from them. For more information, or to respond to the consultation, please click here. The closing date for responses is 9th March.
- Consultation: 2035 target for the amount of heat to be supplied by heat networks. The Scottish Government is seeking views on a proposed target relating to the combined supply of thermal energy through heat networks in Scotland by 2035. For more information, or to respond to the consultation, please click here. The closing date for responses is 11th March.