The UK and Scottish governments are committed to supporting innovation on sustainable hydrogen energy for pollution free environment. In the UK, this focus on innovation is managed by different players such as Government, Research Organisations and Private Enterprises. Many studies have pointed out the need for this innovation, which in some cases must be radical, with increases of between 2 and 10 times the current level of innovation. The European Union for example, mentions that it will take between
Scottish Government Circular Economy Strategy Assessment 2 – Group Report As the worlds population increases, carbon emissions and waste skyrocket, shooting the global emissions through the roof. It all starts from a nation at a time, the ‘Circular Economy Strategy’ developed by Scotland sees potential to meet a new world standard on waste and recycling intelligence. The potential for the strategy can be found by putting it up against the three pillars of
method that can help the planning professionals to understand and mitigate the environmental impacts of the developments which they design and build. MODE OF DATA COLLECTION As earlier stated in chapter three, the Glasgow city council and the Scottish Government has a detailed report of the steps that has been taken to improve the standard of Glasgow city. The data collected assessed will be viewed on how the efforts put in place to regenerate the city has been positively and negatively impacted on
restore legitimacy to a system of government that reflected Scottish preferences. The reason behind the demand for Scottish self-government is that Scotland had the historic status of nationhood before the Union of 1707 and within the Union, has a different set of legal, educational and religious institutions that reinforce a Scottish identity. The Scottish National Party (SNP) was founded In 1934 and In 1960 was found oil in the North Sea, what changed the Scottish public opinion about the Union
surrounding the governments plan to assign every child in Scotland a ‘named person'. This is one point in the Children and Young Peoples (Scotland) Bill, that parliament recently debated and passed on the 19th of February this year. The government believes the bill will promote their "ambition for Scotland to be the best place to grow up in by putting children and young people at the heart of planning and services and ensuring their rights are respected across the public sector" (Scottish Executive, 2013)
To what extent does multi-level government increase democracy and bring government closer to the people? The United Kingdom consists of four countries; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. As the UK is a unitary state, the main power is centralised at Westminster. However, since 1997, power has been devolved to five different areas; the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh Assembly, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Greater London Assembly and elected mayors in a number of cities, such as London
1a: Devolution is the statutory delegation of authorised responsibilities from the core state centralised government to a regional/ local subsidy or acting arm of said government, such a district or local town within the same country, devolved territories have the power and statutory will to apply uniquely apply legislation to their specific area, allowing the principle of such legislation more relevant and practical to their own local communities. (Devolution: The law and policy - the law society
and that children's views should be listened to. It incorporated these principles into Scottish legislation and practice. By following this act, settings can work towards a high quality environment that conforms to standards. The Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 is legal framework to give support where needed, for children’s learning, short or long term. The Scottish Government require all children and young people to realise their full potential and get the most
The first issue of constitutional propriety that arises in this problem is whether the Scottish Government has the authority to block the UK Parliament from re-reserving powers returned to the UK after leaving the EU. The matters that are currently reserved by the UK parliament are laid out in Schedule 5 of the Scotland act 1998 and include: defence, immigration, foreign policy and many more. The process of leaving the EU, through the triggering of Article 50, and the subsequent ‘Great Repeal Bill’
AMS gives better representation of smaller parties in the Scottish parliament. There was more present of smaller parties winning seats while in the UK parliament who use FPTP there was less. For example in 2004 the Scottish parliament was branded ‘rainbow parliament’ with 7 different parties were 25% were smaller parties while in the UK parliament only 4% of parties are smaller (2005). However in 2003 the party that finished 4th in the Scottish election the liberal democrats formed a coalition with