Chamber and committees

The Scottish Government remains committed to a public health approach to reducing drug-related harms and deaths. Our approach is set out in Preventing Harm, Promoting Recovery: Scotland's Alcohol & Drugs Strategic Plan 2026-2035, which brings together prevention, harm reduction, treatment, rehabilitation and recovery support. The use of any Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) premises including fire stations is an operational matter for the SFRS.

The Scottish Government is aware of concerns raised regarding unintended consequences for food producers, manufacturers and supply chains in relation to the proposed price cap on essential food items.

That is why we are engaging constructively with all relevant stakeholders to support considered and informed discussion on this. We are consulting on draft proposals before any decisions are taken. The consultation seeks views and evidence from consumers, retailers, producers and other stakeholders on the potential benefits, risks and unintended consequences of any food price cap scheme including impacts on product availability, supply chains and implementation.

A broadened role for firefighters remains an ambition for the Scottish Government, an element of which could be emergency medical response. Significant process has been made in embedding Naloxone into the operational capability of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) Flexi Duty Officer (FDO) cadre and SFRS has trained 137 FDOs who now carry Naloxone and stop-the-bleed kits. Naloxone remains a key component of Scotland's harm reduction response, and we continue to support efforts to increase access to naloxone across healthcare, community, emergency service and third sector settings. Alongside this, we continue to invest in Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), residential rehabilitation and recovery support services to help ensure people can access the support they need at the right time.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-02471 on 3 September 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.

The procurement route will be considered as part of the finalised Outline Business Case.

Yes, and the recently published Islands Connectivity Plan identifies that the priority for island communities is that ferry services should be reliable and resilient.

The Scottish Government is continuing to consider the issues raised in the last session of the Parliament about the offence introduced by section 40 of the Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and related matters.

CalMac has been and continues to work with the Raasay community to introduce such maintenance in a way that minimises disruption, including consideration of different scheduling options and possible relief vessels.

The development of the Corridor Action Plans will be funded from the existing Transport Scotland Travel Strategy and Innovation budget line. The exact level of funding required, and over what timeframe, is currently being finalised but an allowance has been made for this work.

As of 5 August 2026:

(i) 100% of the RSL adaptations budget has been committed

(ii) £1.358m of the RSL adaptations budget has been spent

(iii) 0% of the RSL adaptations budget remains unallocated