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In the meantime, I am stressing to the new interim CEO and the board the importance of the ferries entering service to our island communities as soon as possible and my very clear expectations around the future governance of these programmes.
The request was misplaced due to administrative error. A new internal mailbox monitoring procedure for the relevant team has now been introduced, and I am confident this will prevent any similar error from happening again.
The NSC provided a response on 27 December 2023, in which they advised that no new peer-reviewed published evidence has been provided to change the NSC’s position since its most recent review, in 2019.
I can confirm that the consultation has now launched and asks for views on: • The order and sequencing of topics published • The tools used to publish data • The geographical levels that data are published at • How changes to census questions impact planned work / research • What users need from the new census questions. Further information can be found on ...
The Scottish Government enjoys positive relations with the leaders of many faith groups, and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has made a number of visits to Scotland. Does the minister agree that it is for Tibetan Buddhists to choose the 15th Dalai Lama, in line with their traditions and teachings, and that the Scottish Government would recognise only a Dal...
He mentioned Granton, and I believe that the First Minister visited Granton this very day to hear about the City of Edinburgh Council’s ambitious programme of investment for the area.
The Bella and Lilias community custody units are world-leading facilities and are the only ones of their kind in the United Kingdom, and as such, they have rightly garnered national and international interest. I was hugely impressed when I visited them in my former ministerial role.
What steps is the Government taking to address consultant shortages in NHS dental services, particularly in Ayrshire and Arran? This summer, I visited the dental hospital in Glasgow and had exactly that conversation with people there.