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Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland

Inquiry

The Committee has launched an inquiry to explore the impact of rising costs of living on rural populations across Scotland. We'll also be looking at to what extent support packages provided by the UK Government meet the needs of Scotland’s rural communities in relation to the cost of living, and whether this could be better tailored. The Committee is welcoming any written responses to the inquiry, especially from those living in rural areas in Scotland.

Read the call for evidence for more information about the inquiry and how to submit your views.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence through the website – but we would still like to hear from you. To submit written evidence to this inquiry, please e-mail us at scotaffcom@parliament.uk.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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First Report - Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland
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Second Special Report - Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2023–24
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Second Special Report - Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2023–24
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Correspondence

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Letter from Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands at Scottish Government on her reasons for declining to give evidence to the Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland inquiry, dated 25 October 2023
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Correspondence with Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands at Scottish Government on declining an invitation to appear before the Committee in Edinburgh on 4 December, dated 1 and 9 November 2023
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Letter from Mairi Gougeon MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands at the Scottish Government on her non-attendance at the Committee’s session on the Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland on 11 Sept, dated 13 September 2023.
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Oral evidence transcripts

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11 September 2023
Inquiry Cost of living: impact on rural communities in Scotland
Witnesses Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland, Department for Transport, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Transport, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, and Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
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3 July 2023
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Witnesses Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council), HITRANS (Highlands and Islands Transport Partnership), and Sustrans Scotland
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19 June 2023
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Witnesses The Trussell Trust, Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland, and University of Edinburgh Business School, and Scottish Food Coalition
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Written evidence

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Scottish Land & Estates (COL0035)
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James Hutton Institute (COL0034)
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Highlands and Islands Enterprise (COL0033)
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