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I am going to talk about storm Arwen in particular. On 26 November, at the high point of it, there were 19 full hours of winds at 97 mph and then a subsequent seven days of power outages and, sometimes, water outages for many households.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 January 2026
To ask the Scottish Government how responsibility for Electricity Act 1989 consent applications that were live when it was transferred to the Minister for Public Finance on 18 December 2025 was managed during the transition between ministerial portfolios.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
22 February 2024
Since 2019 Scottish Government has provided £750k to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). This funding was transferred on 1 December 2023 in response to UNRWA’s flash appeal for those caught up in the conflict between Hamas and Israel.
The Scottish Government has agreed that a replacement scheme should be put in place from April 2022 when ScotRail staff will transfer to the Scottish Government’s new company, ScotRail Trains Ltd.
. • Not all flame retardants are equal according to a knowledge transfer partnership with the University of Central Lancashire to assess chemicals flame retardants for their smoke toxicity and environmental sustainability. • In UK fire regulation tests for furniture, both the filling and the fabric have to be tested separately - the fabric has to be tested ...
A good example has been the circumstances surrounding the collapse of McClures and transfer of business to Jones Whyte LLP, which we have discussed on several occasions.
Currently Scottish legalisation defines community on a geographical basis, thus excluding community of interests from access to grants and community assets transfer. This impedes co-housing groups such as housing cooperatives from acquiring assets that are under-utilised and put them to a better use.
The project Cost Consultants and Project Management team continue to regularly review market indices and the potential impact that these have on the project finances. 2 As a means of mitigating risk, the Project Team have also carefully considered the most appropriate procurement option for the works contract to try and minimise exposure to excessive market pricing and inflationary pressure by retaining risk rather than transferring...