- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 December 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how the money allocated in the Grangemouth Just Transition Fund is being used to support the acceleration of new employment and industrial opportunities across the industrial complex.
Answer
This morning, I will visit the site of MiAlgae’s new bio-reactor project Grangemouth, which will see omega-3 being produced and sold at scale. The construction of the new plant at Grangemouth is being made possible as a direct result of up to £3 million in grant funding being allocated by the Scottish and UK Governments, with £1.5 million coming from the Scottish Government’s Grangemouth Just Transition Fund.
Subject to final negotiations and confirmation of public funding conditions, we are also allocating up to £6.23 million from the Grangemouth Just Transition Fund to Celtic Renewables to support pre-construction costs associated with its at scale ABE bio-refinery project at Grangemouth.
A further additional £595,000 from the Fund to be utilised by Scottish Enterprise to progress essential enabling activities that will make progress towards Grangemouth’s transition.
I look forward to providing a fuller update to Parliament later today on the progress being made by this Government to support Grangemouth’s Just Transition to Net Zero.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Independent
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the £100,000 that it has committed for tackling disruptive urban gull populations, how much in total has been distributed to date, and which organisations (a) have received and (b) will receive funding, broken down by how much has been allocated to each, including how much has been allocated to the Inverness pilot.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to the report, Independent Investigation into Maternity and Neonatal Services in England – Reflections and Initial Impressions, which was published 9 December 2025, and how this will inform its national investigation into maternity services.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent review of maternity services in Caithness will be conducted separately from the new Scottish Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce, and whether the review will be chaired by an individual who is fully independent of both NHS Highland and the Scottish Government.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the feasibility of capping annual increases in non-domestic rates liability for self-catering businesses in order to prevent sharp cost escalation.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will explore sector-specific non-domestic rates relief options similar to those applied to hospitality businesses in other parts of the UK.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what the remit of its national investigation into maternity services will be, and what specific issues it will examine.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Sandesh Gulhane, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Submitting member has a registered interest.
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the national investigation into maternity services will (a) commence and (b) publish its report.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce adult patient waiting times for access to diabetes technology.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 December 2025
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Current Status:
Answer expected on 7 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of light pollution, and what measures are in place to manage and reduce this.
Answer
Answer expected on 7 January 2026