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Scottish Parliament
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Internal Market Bill: Claim SNP voted to scrap 545,000 jobs is False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim from the Scottish Conservatives that the SNP voted to scrap 545,000 jobs.
Fact check: Anti- lockdown Covid-19 claims
Ferret Fact Service looks at a number of claims made in a leaflet used to promote anti-lockdown protests in Edinburgh.
Claim Sturgeon signed ‘once in a generation’ indyref agreement is Mostly False
Ferret Fact Service looks at a claim by Scottish Conservatives leader Douglas Ross about whether Nicola Sturgeon signed an agreement that the 2014 referendum would be a 'once in a lifetime' vote.
How has polling changed on Scottish independence since 2014?
Ferret Fact Service looks at polling on Scottish independence since the first referendum in 2014.
Exposed: the businesses that most often lobby Scottish ministers
Most lobbying of Scottish ministers has been carried out by big businesses and farmers, according to an analysis of Holyrood’s lobbying register by The Ferret.
Mass shooting of mountain hares to be banned
Landowners will be prevented from mass shooting of mountain hares and salmon farmers face controls on sonic seal scarers - but beavers will still be killed.
Seal shooting at fish farms doubles before ban
The number of seals shot by the fish farming industry has doubled ahead of a proposed government ban, prompting fears of a “killing spree”.
Seal shooting by fish farms to be banned to save exports to US
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.
Claim Holyrood meets once a week during lockdown is false
Scottish Parliamentary records demonstrate that business is being conducted in both the debating chamber and in committees on a far more frequent basis, despite the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions.