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I met with Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority on 11 April 2022, during my visit to Orkney. The purpose of that meeting was to provide an update, following previous meetings, on the progress of the Orkney Harbours Masterplan.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
11 April 2022
The Health and Social Care Standards were updated on 31 March 2022, following a public consultation, to include two new standards on visiting rights for care homes for adults.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
5 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the £1 million funding provided though the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service over the period 2018-20 to install fire and smoke alarms that are compliant with the new standard in the homes of people assessed to be at high risk from fire as part of a home fire safety visit, how much of the funding has been spent,...
My office is looking at potential dates and will be in touch shortly with the member’s office and the NFU Scotland branch on Orkney to agree a suitable date for the visit. I understand that my colleague Mairi Gougeon is finalising dates to visit Orkney separately and would be happy to meet Liam McArthur, if he would...
It is difficult to design eligibility systems so that people who should not get the benefits are screened out, but those who should get the benefits are screened in and allowed to get them.
You can easily imagine—Interruption. The screen has frozen, so we will suspend the meeting briefly. 10:26 Meeting suspended. 10:29 On resuming— Apologies for the delay, which was due to technical issues.
We have been having some problems with David Pirie’s connection. I cannot see him on my screen. We were going to put him on audio only, but he does not appear to be there.
Scottish Broadcasting: The Committee will take evidence from— David Smith, Director of Screen, Screen Scotland; Paul McManus, Scotland Negotiations Officer, BECTU; Emily Oyama, Director of Policy, Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television. 2.