Meeting of the Parliament 11 December 2019 [Draft] : 11 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
Kevin Stewart
I do not have numbers at hand; I will write to Mr Greene in more depth. Over 2,000 households in North Ayrshire have benefited through HEEPS ABS, which often incl...
Meeting of the Parliament 11 December 2019 [Draft] : 11 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
Kevin Stewart
I am aware of the case that Ruth Maguire refers to. I am sorry to hear of the constituents’ concerns about the energy efficiency improvements that are being made ...
Meeting of the Parliament 11 December 2019 [Draft] : 11 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning (Kevin Stewart)
We are committed to tackling fuel poverty across Scotland. The Fuel Poverty (Targets, Definition and Strategy) (Scotland) Act 2019, which Parliament passed unanimously earlier this year, set...
Local Government and Communities Committee 04 December 2019 [Draft] : 04 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
Kevin Stewart
In fairness to the bill team, who worked exceptionally hard, a number of things came back to us as a result of the huge number of amendments that were agreed to a...
Local Government and Communities Committee 04 December 2019 [Draft] : 04 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
Kevin Stewart
Typographical errors should be accepted with good grace. It is somewhat different if huge elements are missing from amendments or if due cognisance is not taken o...
Local Government and Communities Committee 04 December 2019 [Draft] : 04 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
Kevin Stewart
I cannot answer that question off the top of my head. Ms Waddie has been involved in a number of bills, so she might have an idea in relation to the bills that sh...
Local Government and Communities Committee 04 December 2019 [Draft] : 04 dhen Dùbhlachd 2019
The Minister for Local Government, Housing and Planning (Kevin Stewart)
Thank you, convener, and good morning. The regulations will simply correct some cross-referencing and typographical errors in the 2019 act. They are subject to af...
Meeting of the Parliament 27 November 2019 : 27 dhen t-Samhain 2019
Kevin Stewart
In response to the 70 recommendations that the action group made, in November last year we published “Ending Homelessness Together: High Level Action Plan”, which...
Meeting of the Parliament 27 November 2019 : 27 dhen t-Samhain 2019
Kevin Stewart
As Mr Harvie well knows, we are restricted in what we can do by United Kingdom legislation, although I wish that that were not the case. The legislation on such p...
Meeting of the Parliament 27 November 2019 : 27 dhen t-Samhain 2019
Kevin Stewart
We are reliant on our third sector partners to provide night shelters. We have provided money to enable Bethany’s night shelter to open earlier. There have been d...