Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 June 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto commitment to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items in shops, what consideration it has given to the suggestions by the Scottish Retail Consortium and Food and Drink Federation Scotland that it should instead seek to reduce the regulatory costs and taxes under its control that affect the food supply chain.
I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00062 on 2 June 2026. All answers to written Parliamentary Questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/written-questions-and-answers.