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Written questions lodged from 27 May 2021 to 31 May 2021 S6W-00264 Liam Kerr: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the First Minister’s statement on 26 May 2021, how public ownership of ScotRail will contribute to the decarbonisation of Scotland’s railways.
Written questions lodged from 27 May 2021 to 31 May 2021 S6W-00264 Liam Kerr: To ask the Scottish Government, further to the First Minister’s statement on 26 May 2021, how public ownership of ScotRail will contribute to the decarbonisation of Scotland’s railways.
Committee reports
Date published:
26 February 2026
It maintains parity with uprating applied in England and Wales, ensuring benefits keep pace with inflation, is compatible with the UN Convention on Rights of a Child, and has no financial impact on the Scottish Budget or need for business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA).
This commitment includes facilitating visits to the UK by UN Special Rapporteurs (UNSRs) and responding to communications and requests for information on specific thematic issues.
Committee reports
Date published:
20 February 2026
Financial pressures: The “rural premium”
Participants in the informal engagement session described the additional financial pressures faced by rural residents.
COP 26
The 26th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP 26), to be held in Glasgow in November 2021, is the largest international negotiation ever to be held in the UK.
This helped us place our work in a wider international context and consider the role the Parliament should play as a human rights guarantor.
A delegation of members visited the European Court of Human Rights in April 2018 as part of a fact-finding visit to Strasbourg during our inquiry on Human Rights and the Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament The inquiry is continuing and we plan to take evidence from the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.