Chamber and committees

There is no record of information marked “official sensitive”, or of a similar classification marking or handling restrictions, relating to Covid-19 public messaging, panic buying, supermarket shortages or supply-chain pressures being shared with the Scottish National Party, or any SNP staff or officials in March 2020.

Scottish ministers and special advisers will likely have received any relevant Covid-19 public messaging information in March 2020, as part of dealing with the pandemic.

In March 2020, external sharing of any information including, briefings, plans and communication lines to take was governed by the general Information Governance Policies and Guidance in place for the Scottish Government at the time. These included the Records Management Plan, Data Protection Policy, Security Policy and Government Security classifications and our IT code of conduct.

We are delivering on our commitment to open GP walk-in services, with six open since the start of the year and more due to open before the end of the summer. I appreciate the hard work of the health boards to get these services up and running and I'm sure the Member will join me in welcoming the opening of these sites and thanking our hard-working NHS staff for delivering these.

I have committed to expanding the walk-in service programme and will set out how I intend to do that over the next 100 days. Health Boards previously generated proposals for walk-ins which considered the needs of their population, taking into account local issues and circumstances. Our experience will inform how we commission the next 14.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00662 on 12 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.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00606 on 10 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.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00606 on 10 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.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00606 on 10June 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.

Councils are independent bodies with their own powers and responsibilities and are entirely separate from the Scottish Government. The Scottish Government believes that locally elected representatives are best placed to consider the needs of their communities.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00606 on 10 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.

I refer the member to the answer to question S7W-00606 on 10 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.