LINK Parliamentary Service

2009

Parliamentary Briefings

Briefing on National Planning Framework 2 from LINK's Planning taskforce ahead of the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Communities Committee Debate on the National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 – Proposed Framework, on the 5th March 2009.

LINK Woodland Taskforce response to the Climate Change and the National Forest Estate Consultation on forestry provisions in the Scottish Climate Change Bill . Ahead of the Labour party debate on Forestry on the 29th January 2009.

LINK Freshwater Taskforce briefing for Stage One of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill . For more information about sustainable flood management see our flooding webpages. 22 January 2009

LINK Agriculture Taskforce briefing on The Common Agriculture Policy Health Check ahead of the Scottish Parlaiment debate on the 21 January 2009.

Submissions to Committees

Response to the Scottish Parlaiment's Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee call for evidence on the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill from LINK's Climate Change taskforce. 27 February 2009.

Letter to the Scottish Parliament's Rural Affairs and Environment Committee regarding Muirburn in the Climate Change (Scotland) Bill. The letter outlines LINK members support for evidence on Muirburn submitted by the RSPB, as well as some additional points. 20 February 2009.

2008

Parliamentary Briefings

LINK Marine taskforce response to Scottish Aquaculture – A Fresh Start . A Consultation on the Renewed Strategic Framework for Scottish Aquaculture. For the debate on Scottish Aquaculture on the 20 November 2008.

Flooding and Flood Management – the way forward for Scotland . A briefing by the Freshwater Taskforce of Scottish Environment LINK for the Scottish Parliament Rural Affairs and Environment Committee debate on flooding and flood management, 26th June 2008.

LINK Climate Taskforce briefing on climate change, for the Scottish Government Debate on climate change on Wednesday 28th May 2008.

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).

November: Written evidence for Stage One of the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Bill from LINKs freshwater Taskforce to the Scottish Parliaments Rural Affairs and Environment Committee.

December: Evidence from Scottish Environment LINK on Inquiry into the EU Budget Review to the Scottish Parliaments Europe and External Relations Committee. 15 December 2008

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)