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Environment, Human rights, Politics

Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Rob Edwards on June 5, 2020June 5, 2020

The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been criticised for "an abdication of responsibility" and as "very un-ministerial" by a civil service trade union.

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Environment, International, Politics

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Rob Edwards on June 2, 2020June 5, 2020

The Scottish Government is going to ban the fish farming industry from shooting seals to save a £180 million export business to the US, The Ferret can reveal.

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Environment, Politics

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms

Rob Edwards on June 1, 2020June 2, 2020

The rural economy secretary, Fergus Ewing, has been accused of breaching the ministerial code by failing to record 25 meetings with the fish farming industry.

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Environment, Fracking, Politics

Do not give Ineos £500m Covid bail-out, say campaigners

Rob Edwards on May 28, 2020May 29, 2020

Over a hundred campaigners are asking the Scottish and UK governments not to bail out the petrochemical giant, Ineos, during the coronavirus crisis.

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Politics

Loopholes let MSPs declare ‘arbitrary’ share values

Joe Lo on May 25, 2020May 27, 2020

Critics have called for the rules to be reformed so that MSPs are forced to disclose the true value of their holdings in private companies

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Human rights, Politics

MSPs reject Scottish Government curbs on freedom of information rights

Rob Edwards on May 19, 2020May 19, 2020

The Scottish Government has been forced to withdraw all the emergency relaxations it made to freedom of information (FoI) law in April.

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Human rights, Politics

Information law must be toughened to prevent evasion, say MSPs

Rob Edwards on May 19, 2020May 21, 2020

MSPs are recommending a new law requiring Scottish Government meetings to be minuted to prevent any “deliberate attempt” to evade freedom of information rules.

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Human rights, Politics

Relief as opposition parties move to restore information rights

James McEnaney, Rob Edwards on May 15, 2020May 17, 2020

Laws weakening freedom of information rights in Scotland look set to be repealed after just a few weeks because opposition MSPs have united against them.

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Politics, Health

Government delays to information rights ‘draconian’

Jamie Mann, Rob Edwards on April 3, 2020April 6, 2020

Changes to Scotland’s freedom of information law narrowly agreed by Holyrood for the coronavirus emergency have been condemned as “dismal” and “draconian” by campaigners.

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Fergus Ewing is ‘un-ministerial’, says civil service union

Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US

Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false

Fergus Ewing attacked over 25 meetings with fish farm firms