Current status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 17 July 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the commitment in the Scottish National Party’s 2026 manifesto to enact a statutory price cap on essential food items, what assessment it has made of the risk that retailers subject to the cap may increase the prices of products not covered by it in order to recover some or all of the associated costs.
I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-01503 on 17 July 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.