Reading Time: 5 minutesSPICe has recently received enquiries about the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land (RCI), its history, the process for registration, who it
Category: Rural Affairs
The Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill – what’s happened so far?
Reading Time: 5 minutesThis blog discusses what has happened so far during the passage of the Hunting with Dogs (Scotland) Bill.
FAQs: Avian Influenza
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis blog sets out information on frequently asked questions on avian flu.
Rural health and social care in Scotland
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog outlines when rural health and social care has been discussed in the Scottish Parliament and some of the recent and forthcoming developments.
What’s cookin’? Stage 3 of the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog summarises the discussions around the Good Food Nation (Scotland) Bill to date, ahead of Stage 3 consideration by the Parliament on Tuesday 14 June 2022.
Land, space and place: NPF4 and land use
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog looks at the relationship between Scotland’s Fourth National Planning Framework and other strategic land uses.
Aquaculture and the Fourth National Planning Framework
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog explores the policies for aquaculture in the Fourth National Planning Framework
Retail revolution and postal delivery surcharges
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis blog explores data around the shift to increased online retail, the impact of this shift on the retail business base, support from the Scottish Government to retail, and the implications for parcel delivery surcharges.
Seeing the wood for the trees: questions posed for Scottish environmental policy by the UK Environment Bill LCM
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis blog discusses ‘forest risk commodities’: what they are, what recent legislative proposals mean for Scotland, and what other questions these proposals raise.
A good deal? Agriculture and the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement
Reading Time: 8 minutesThe media has recently reported extensively on the negotiations to establish a free trade agreement (FTA) between the UK and Australia. Much of this attention has been paid to the impact that the agreement may have on UK agricultural sectors.