Scottish Parliament
Business includes:
- Portfolio Questions
- Ministerial Statement: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan – Fourth Year Progress report (2021-2022)
- Scottish Government Debate: Northern Ireland Protocol Bill
- Stage 3 Debate: Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill
- Decision Time
- Members’ Business – S6M-03994 John Mason: Scotland’s Companies
The following committees meet in the morning:
- Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee
- Economy and Fair Work Committee
- Education, Children and Young People Committee
- Rural Affairs, Islands and Natural Environment Committee
- Criminal Justice Committee
UK Parliament
Business includes:
- Oral questions (Scotland)
- Prime Minister’s Question Time
- Oral evidence of the Home Affairs Committee (Drugs)
- Oral evidence of the International Trade Committee (UK trade negotiations: Agreement with Australia)
Aberdeenshire Council
Meetings of the Audit Committee and the School Placings and Exclusions Appeal Committee are scheduled today.
Aberdeen City Council
A meeting of the Council is scheduled today.
News/consultations/funding
- Two consultations on Delivering Scotland’s circular economy are now live. The Route Map to 2025 and beyond
consultation lays out the Scottish Government’s proposals for a strategic plan to deliver Scotland’s zero waste and circular economy ambitions, and invites views on the priorities and actions required to reach the proposed waste, recycling and emissions reduction targets . Meanwhile, the proposals for a Circular Economy Bill consultation seeks views on the Scottish Government’s proposals for legislation to develop Scotland’s circular economy to benefit the environment by cutting waste and carbon emissions, enhance the economy by improving productivity and opening up new markets, and to reinvigorate local communities by providing more local employment opportunities. The Bill looks at four areas: Strategic Interventions; Reduce and Reuse; Recycle; and Littering and Improving Enforcement. Closing date for both consultations is 22 August 2022.
- Switched on Taxis Loan – Interest free loans of up to £150,000 are available to help owners and operators of hackney cabs and private hire taxis to replace their current vehicles with an eligible ultra-low emission vehicle. For further information please click here
- Low Emission Zone Support Fund for Businesses - Eligible Scottish micro businesses and sole traders can apply for up to £2,000 to take older, more polluting vehicles off the road and move towards cleaner transport options. This is for operating vehicles that are not compliant with the Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standards, in Scotland’s 4 largest cities. More information can be found here.
- A92 (S) Bridge of Don to Bridge of Dee Multi-Modal Transport Study - Aberdeen City Council is undertaking a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) based appraisal of options for improving transport connections, in particular public transport and active travel (walking, wheeling and cycling) along and across the A92 corridor (Anderson Drive and the Parkway) between Bridge of Don and Bridge of Dee. More information can be found here.