Category: Policy
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The Natural Environment Bill part 4 – deer management
A summary of Part 4 of the Natural Environment Bill, covering deer management.
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Scottish Parliament: my evidence at committee
Highlights from a recent appearance at the Scottish Parliament’s Rural Affairs and Islands Committee on the Natural Environment Bill.
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The Natural Environment Bill part 3 – National Parks
A summary of Part 3 of the Natural Environment Bill, covering National Parks.
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The Natural Environment Bill part 2 – Powers to modify environmental regulation
A summary of Part 2 of the Natural Environment Bill, related to Environmental Impact Assessments and the habitats regulations.
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The Natural Environment Bill part 1 – targets
A summary of Part 1 of the Natural Environment Bill, which will require legal targets for the restoration of nature.
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UK ministers must not miss chance to heed devolution
This first appeared in The National, on Saturday 5th April 2025. When Scotland votes in the Holyrood election next year there will be voters casting their ballot who were born in 2010, when Scotland had its fourth First Minister and was preparing for the fourth election of the devolution era. Devolution is not new – and the…
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Climate change: Scottish farming needs help to reduce its stubbornly high greenhouse gas emissions
First published in the Scotsman. There was good news and bad news in Scotland’s latest climate emissions statistics, published last week. The good news is that our emissions have fallen significantly over the past decades, down nearly 50 per cent since 1990. The bad news is that we missed our 2021 target, meaning we have even…
Dan Paris 