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I welcome Edward Mountain, the convener of the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee, who is also that committee’s reporter on the appointment of the tenant farming commissioner. Before we move to the first item on the agenda, I remind everyone present to ensure that their mobile phones are on silent for the duration of the meeting.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
18 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider visiting the Glasgow Street Aid project to see its work providing care on the streets of the city centre.
I will now touch on other members’ contributions. Evelyn Tweed spoke about visiting various food banks. I remember going to visit my local food bank after the universal credit uplift was cancelled.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
27 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many official visits by a First Minister have been made to each Scottish Parliament constituency since the start of the current parliamentary session.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
28 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many visits by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team arising as a result of complaints involved the use of interpreters (a) on-site and (b) subsequent to the visit, in each of the last five years.
They are intended to ensure there can no longer be categories of land owner or tenant where, intentionally or otherwise, control of decision-making is obscured.
Priority should be given to repairs to accommodation for tenant farmers and their families and agreed repairs should be carried out without unreasonable delay.
However, before installing safety screens, operators should contact the relevant licensing authority to check that it is permissible to install them and that the screens meet the requirements.
As you might know, people are looking at self-testing for cervical screening. My understanding is that a validated screening test has not yet gone through the regulatory authorities, but that should happen fairly soon, and it might improve the uptake of cervical screening.