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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress with the provisions in the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024, including how they may affect farming and food production in Ayrshire.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
20 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when CalMac’s winter timetable for 2024-25 will be published. CalMac have advised that they will publish their winter timetable and annual maintenance schedule by Friday 23 August.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding Scotland's budgetary forecast to reports that the UK economy officially exited a recession and outperformed the first quarter of 2024 forecast of the Bank of England.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
21 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted of the potential impact of the proposed non-domestic rates public health supplement on large retailers, as set out in its 2024-25 Scottish Budget. S6O-03144
These include the Schools (Residential Outdoor Education) (Scotland) Act 2026, the Children (Care and Justice) (Scotland) Act 2024, the Education (Scotland) Act 2025 and the Scottish Languages Act 2025.
The audit and accountability arrangements were discussed by the Committee at the following meeting in relation to its work programme:
Minutes of the meeting on Wednesday 11 March 2026 (Work Programme):
The Committee considered its work programme and agreed to close scrutiny of the following reports:
Early learning and childcare: Progress on delivering the 1,140 hours expansion; Replacement EU funds: Future audit and accountability arrangements; The 2021/22 audit of South Lanarkshire College; The 2024...
Committee reports
Date published:
21 December 2025
Like Dr Ireton, John Sturrock also highlighted the option of giving a parliamentary committee the role of overseeing implementation of recommendations and receive annual reviews of progress.
The 2024 House of Lords Committee Report recommended the formation of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to monitor government responses to inquiry recommendations and hold the government to account for implementing accepted recommendations3House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee. (2024, September 16).
Johann Lamont suggested that things did not operate as easily as they did at Westminster where, when a crisis arose, those accountable were brought before select committees promptly.iStandards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee. (2024, February 29). Official Report. Retrieved from: https://www.parliament.scot/api/sitecore/CustomMedia/OfficialRepo...
Committee reports
Date published:
23 September 2025
It also highlighted that four of the 14 NHS territorial boards missed the three-week waiting time target in at least five of the ten quarters to June 2024.
In evidence to the Criminal Justice Committee, Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, and Social Justice and Social Security Committee (Joint meeting) on 14 November 2024, Maggie Page from the Scottish Government said:
We do not have robust data or statistics on the number of people who have requested residential rehab.