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This debate was influenced by the UK Government’s review of social housing in England1Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government. (2018). A new deal for social housing. Retrieved from <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-new-deal-for-social-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/a-new-deal-for-social-housing</a> [accessed 26 February 2019] as well as the Law Commission's work on private rental regulation in England and Wales, and the independent Rugg Review of private renting (a new updated Rugg Review was published last year2Rugg, J., & Rhodes, D. (2018).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 September 2025
On 7 August, the Scottish Government published the latest 6-month prison population projections, based on court activity and prison population data, up to the end of 2025.
S5W-04056 Neil Bibby: To ask the Scottish Government what its latest estimate is of the cost of improvement works to Ardrossan Harbour to accommodate new ferries on the Ardrossan-Brodick route operated by CalMac Ferries.
Table 6.1 includes specific feedback from the latest residential pupil focus groups in October / November 2024 (two schools visiting Lagganlia – P7 pupils).
There can be no claims about effectiveness without evidence to back that up.vJustice Committee, Official Report, 24 September 2019 , Col 26: http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/report.aspx?
Oral Evidence
The Committee took evidence on the following dates:
Tuesday 7 May 2024
The Committee took evidence from the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Read the agenda, papers and Official Report (substantially verbatim transcript) for this meeting
Tuesday 26 March 2024
The Committee took evidence fr...