LINK Parliamentary service

2008

Parliamentary Briefings

LINK Marine Taskforce briefing on a Scottish Marine Bill with the environment at its heart (41KB), March 2008.

LINK Biodiversity Taskforce Briefing Paper on Biodiversity as the Web of Life in All its Forms, January 2008.

Submissions to Committees

January: Written evidence for the inquiry into the transposition of EU Directives
(87KB) from Scottish Environment LINK to the Scottish Parliament's European and External Relations Committee. See also Annex 1 ( 107KB).

2007
Parliamentary Briefings

October: Towards sustainable flood management in Scotland ( 92KB).
A briefing prepared by the Freshwater Taskforce of Scottish Environment LINK on the implementation of Sustainable Flood Management (SFM) through primary legislation

June: Greener Scotland Debate, 13 June 2007 ( 201KB)

Submissions to Committees

December: LINK Freshwater Taskforce written submission to the Flooding and Flood Management Inquiry by the Environment and Rural Development Committee. See also Letter to the Committee and Annexes.

July: LINK submission to the Rural Affairs and Environment Committee: Suggestions for Inquiries 2007 ( 53KB)

2006
Parliamentary Briefings

November: Planning etc. (Scotland) Bill Stage 3 Debate ( 53KB)

October: A Marine Bill for Scotland: urgently needed to sustain Scotland's seas (128 KB)

June: Climate Change Briefing Paper ( 124KB), prepared for the Executive Debate on the new Climate Change Action Plan

June: Mock-up map of future National Planning Framework ( 210KB)

May: Planning Bill at Stage One briefing paper ( 104KB)

February: Planning Bill briefing paper ( 63KB)

2005
Parliamentary Briefings

September: 10 myths about Third Party Rights of Appeal (TPRA) ( 102KB)

June: Planning White Paper briefing ( 219KB)

June: Stage 1 Briefing on Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Bill ( 179KB)

May: LINK Statement on Controlled Activities Regulations, A briefing for the Environment and Rural Development Committee on the draft Water Environment (Controlled Activities) (Scotland) Regulations 2005, May 2005

Submissions to Committees

June 2005: The Natural Environment and Rural Communities Bill, submission to the Environment and Rural Development Committee, ( 151KB)