Decision details

The Committee gave consideration to a report that provided a proposed officer response for the ‘Safeguarding Scotland’s Remote Rural Communities’ consultation on a proposal for a Bill to enhance the consideration of remote rural mainland communities by public bodies in Scotland.

Decision

The Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee –

1.    Noted the content of the submitted report.

2.    Noted the officer draft response to the recent consultation as outlined at Appendix 1 to the submitted report.

3.    Agreed to homologate the officer response and noted that any substantive comments from the Environment, Development and Infrastructure Committee would not be included in the response but could be fed back to officers for submission to Gail Ross, MSP, in writing.

(Reference:  Report by Interim Executive Director with responsibility for Development and Economic Growth dated 24 February 2020, submitted)