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Official Report
Meeting date:
21 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 21 November 2019
Parliamentary-funded Publications (Rules) To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, with reference to its policy that does not permit parliamentary-funded publications to be issued within three months of a United Kingdom parliamentary general election or referendum, and, in light of the frequency of such events since 2015, whether it plans to revise its rules in this regard. (S5O-03807) The corporate body has considered its policy twice during this session of Parliament in relation to UK general elections and the issuing of publications, most recently prior to issuing the current guidance to members in relation to the use of resources during a UK election.
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 21 November 2019
Two-factor Authentication System (Disabled People) To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what provisions have been made for disabled people who are unable to use the fingerprint scanners that have been installed as part of the two-factor authentication service at the entrances to the complex. (S5O-03811) The two-factor authentication system invo...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 21 November 2019
Fuel Poverty (Remote and Rural Areas) To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to organisations and public sector bodies to mitigate the effects of fuel poverty in remote and rural areas. (S5O-03801) Since 2013, we have provided £373 million in grant funding to councils to deliver area-based energy efficiency schemes targeting fuel-poor househo...
Official Report
Meeting date:
21 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 21 November 2019
Post-Brexit Trade Agreements (Drugs) To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential impact on NHS Scotland, what its response is to concerns that the United Kingdom might reach trade agreements following Brexit that could lead to an increase in the price of drugs. (S5O-03794) It should be deeply concerning to every member in the chamber, as it i...
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2019
Heritage Sites (Highlands and Islands) To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to protect heritage sites in the Highlands and Islands. (S5O-03778) Protecting heritage sites across Scotland is a core purpose of Historic Environment Scotland, the Scottish Government’s lead public body for the historic environment.
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2019
National Galleries of Scotland (BP Sponsorship) To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to National Galleries Scotland’s decision to end sponsorship from BP. (S5O-03780) The decision by the National Galleries of Scotland relates to one annual exhibition, the BP portrait award, which it hosts in Edinburgh but which is organised by the National P...
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2019
Tourism (Orkney) To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Destination Orkney and Orkney Islands Council about the future needs of the tourism sector. (S5O-03775) I discussed tourism with the leader of Orkney Islands Council on my recent visit to Orkney to launch the Scottish Government’s Arctic policy framework, which contains propos...
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2019
University (Widening Access) To ask the Scottish Government to what extent its attempts to widen access to university have been effective. (S5O-03783) Scotland is widening access to university, with data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service on acceptances showing record high numbers from the most deprived areas of Scotland year after year....
Official Report
Meeting date:
20 November 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 20 November 2019
Investment in School Estate (Highlands and Islands) To ask the Scottish Government how many schools in the Highlands and Islands are being considered as part of the next phase of its learning estate investment programme. (S5O-03788) I am pleased that a new Tain three-to-18 campus and a new Castlebay campus in the Highlands and Islands were two of the proje...
Official Report
Meeting date:
30 October 2019
Meeting of the Parliament 30 October 2019
Investing in Communities Fund (Rural Communities) To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it has made to deliver the investing in communities fund, particularly with regard to channelling resources for rural communities. (S5O-03678) The Scottish Government launched the new £11.5 million per year investing in communities fund in 2019-20.
