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Extract from Scottish Parliament questions on Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform: Plastic Nurdles on Beaches - Mar 6

The Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment (Mairi Gougeon): ...It is vital that we work with industry as far as we can...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 08:00

Extracts from Scottish Parliament debate on Supporting Scottish Agriculture - Mar 6

Donald Cameron (Highlands and Islands) (Con):...Secondly, we believe in regional differentiation. There must be a recognition that Scottish agriculture has unique circumstances...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:59

Extract from Scottish Parliament debate on Supporting Scottish Agriculture - Mar 6

The Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment (Mairi Gougeon):...The Tory motion is shamefully silent on questions about future funding and the implications for our wider rural economy...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:50

Extract from Wales Assembly Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - Mar 6

Jenny Rathbone AM: One hundred and ninety-two million pounds sounds a lot of money, but the size of the problem is enormous...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:46

Agriculture Bill: Amendments tabled for report stage in the Commons as at Mar 7

Agriculture Bill: Amendments tabled for report stage in the Commons as at Mar 7...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:36

Early sight of oral questions to the Secretary of State for Justice - Mar 12

Sarah Champion (Rotherham): What steps he is taking to improve the experience of victims giving evidence in court...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:25

Government creates new student mental health taskforce

A new group has been set up to help students manage the challenges in university which can affect mental health...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 07:12

Students back bailouts – new HEPI poll shows students want Government action if their university fails

The Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) has released the only dedicated study on what UK students think about the financial health of universities...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:01

BCC research highlights need to delay Making Tax Digital

With just weeks to go before its planned introduction, new research suggests nearly one in five businesses above the VAT threshold still know little or nothing about Making Tax Digital, according to the British Chambers of Commerce...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:01

Greenpeace: Offshore Wind Sector Deal ‘woefully inadequate’ after collapse of new nuclear deals

The government’s new Offshore Wind Sector Deal, committing the UK to increasing its offshore wind capacity to 30GW by 2030, has been praised as an ambitious step towards decarbonising the UK’s energy sector...

Thursday, 7 March 2019 00:01