Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
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To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to balancing the contributions of energy infrastructure projects to net zero targets with their social and environmental impacts on rural areas, as part of any future review of the National Planning Framework 4.
To ask the Scottish Government what stakeholder engagement is planned to ensure that any future review of the National Planning Framework 4 includes perspectives from rural areas.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address reported concerns from rural communities that the National Planning Framework 4 disproportionately favours large-scale energy infrastructure projects at the expense of local development priorities.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a built environment and construction just transition plan.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the results of the Scottish Climate Survey carried out in 2024.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28714 by Alasdair Allan on 13 August 2024, in light of the minister’s comment that, [although] “energy policy, including smart meter policy, is mostly reserved to the UK Government… the Scottish Government has taken the lead in addressing poor coverage by allocating its own resources to ensure Scotland's homes and businesses are not left behind” and that its investment in the R100 programme “will enable Scottish energy consumers to benefit from the advantages of smart meters, helping to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs”, whether it will confirm what (a) action it can take to help upgrade radio network infrastructure to make, radio-based smart meters more accessible to people in rural areas, (b) advice it gives to people whose smart meters cannot connect to the radio network and (c) discussions it is having with the UK Government regarding holding a public awareness campaign prior to the end of the Radio Teleswitch service on 30 June 2025.
To ask the Scottish Government how the National Planning Framework 4 accounts for the cumulative impact of energy infrastructure projects on rural Scotland, and, in light of the reported feedback from affected communities, whether it plans to revisit these provisions.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans ScotRail has to review Inter7city trains to ensure that carriages (a) meet their expected capacity and (b) are fit for purpose.
To ask the Scottish Government what the 2025 objectives are for reform of the tripartite governance arrangement between Transport Scotland, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) and David MacBrayne Ltd.
To ask the Scottish Government what the scope and format is for the review commissioned by Public Health Scotland into the potential regulation of alcohol advertising and marketing.