Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Scottish Climate Change Bill: Consultation Proposals: Environmental Report

7 Next Steps

7.1 The Scottish Government Landscapes and Habitats Division undertook a consultation on the proposed provision to amend muirburn dates. This consultation closed on the 17 ^th of November 2008. ( http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/08/Muirburn)

7.2 The consultation stated that a SEA Environmental Report has been published for the Scottish Climate Change Bill proposals and that these additional muirburn assessments, conducted in part in response to consultation comments, would be included in a revised Environmental Report and resultant SEA Post Adoption Statement.

7.3 This assessment document has been added as a new Appendix I to this revised edition of the original SEA Environmental Report, and the assessments will be referred to within the SEA Statement.

7.4 The SEA Statement will be published for submission to the Scottish Ministers as soon as is practicably possible after the submission of the Scottish Climate Change Bill.