There are 9,722 results relating to "S5O-04786"
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Official Report
Meeting date:
29 January 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 29 January 2020
Local Government (Review) To ask the Scottish Government when the last review of local government was carried out. (S5O-04066) The last major review of Scottish Local Government took place around the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, which took effect in 1996 and created the 32 unitary local authorities we have today.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 January 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 23 January 2020
Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a letter from 27 business groups to MSPs regarding concerns about a proposed amendment to the Non-Domestic Rates (Scotland) Bill, which would remove ministers’ ability to set business rate poundage and automatically end the small business bonus scheme and other benefits. (S5O-04049) That assessment is correct.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 January 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 23 January 2020
Policy Commitments (Costs) To ask the Scottish Government whether it has fully costed the policy commitments it has made that are to be delivered through local government. (S5O-04044) All new policy commitments that have a financial cost to local government are costed and discussed with local government.
Official Report
Meeting date:
23 January 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 23 January 2020
Further Education (Financial Sustainability) To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the financial sustainability of the further education sector. (S5O-04038) Scotland’s colleges are operating in a complex and changing financial environment, with added uncertainty due to Brexit.
Official Report
Meeting date:
22 January 2020
Meeting of the Parliament 22 January 2020
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with victims of crime regarding the Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representation) Bill. (S5O-04023) The Scottish Government recognises that some victims of crime may oppose giving the right to vote to prisoners, and that has been taken into...
Official Report
Meeting date:
19 December 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 19 December 2019
High Court Trials (Time Limit Breaches) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that there are regular breaches of the time limits aimed at preventing delay in High Court trials. (S5O-03946) I am sure that Pauline McNeill will be aware that Scottish ministers and the Scottish Parliament may not, by law, seek to influe...
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 December 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 18 December 2019
NHS Highland (Locum Staff) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to assist NHS Highland to reduce its reliance on locum staff. (S5O-03929) The number of medical and dental staff in NHS Highland has increased by 55.2 per cent between September 2006 and September 2019.
Official Report
Meeting date:
18 December 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 18 December 2019
Scottish Ambulance Service (Response Times Policy) To ask the Scottish Government what the impact has been of the Scottish Ambulance Service’s response times policy. (S5O-03925) The impact of the introduction of a new clinical response model in the Scottish Ambulance Service in November 2016 has been extremely positive.
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 December 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 11 December 2019
Diesel Fuel (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports of increased levels of fatty acid methyl ester in diesel causing problems with farm machinery. (S5O-03910) The serious impacts of recent issues that Scottish farmers have faced with gas oil fuel could be deeply damaging for the industry and ...
Official Report
Meeting date:
11 December 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 11 December 2019
Rural Tourism To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes rural tourism, and how much it invests in this work. (S5O-03899) The Scottish Government fully recognises the importance of tourism to Scotland’s rural economies.
