Chamber and committees

I will be making a statement to Parliament shortly on how maternity services across Scotland will be improved. This will include detail on what the independent review will consider and how it will be led.

Ministers are at the early stages of taking forward the commitment to introduce a Rural Renewal Bill. Further details on stakeholder engagement will be available in due course.

Yes. Scottish Ministers adopted and published on its website an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) screening opinion on 7 April 2026 which requires the project to undertake an EIA in line with relevant legislation.

Ministers are at the early stages of considering how to take forward the commitment to introduce a Rural Renewal Bill. Further details will be available in due course.

Ministers are at the early stages of taking forward the commitment to introduce a Rural Renewal Bill. Further details on stakeholder engagement will be available in due course.

The Scottish Government worked in partnership with Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) to develop the application and distribution process. Although there was no formal appeals process, unsuccessful applicants could contact HIE to outline any concerns about the process.

The Scottish Government Football Banning Order consultation opened on 1 December 2025 and closed on 23 February 2026. There have been over 900 responses to that consultation, the results of which will be published shortly and will inform legislation.

The safety of our maternity services is a priority to this government, which is why we have committed to undertake an independent review of maternity services in Scotland. I will shortly be setting out a statement to Parliament detailing what the review will consider, when it will be delivered, how it will engage with stakeholders and how it will be led.

The Scottish Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce has met three times, most recently on 25 March 2026, and the minutes from all three meetings have been published on the Taskforce webpage Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce - gov.scot.

Multi-agency involvement is often required when noise complaints relate to wider antisocial behaviours. To manage reports of noise complaints which require a multi-agency approach, the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004: noise nuisance guidance issued by the Scottish Government is available to public bodies.