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Questions and Answers Date answered: 12 June 2018

S5W-16734

The Scottish Government supports the protection of an ATM presence, particularly in areas of lower income, remote and rural communities, and those communities without ready access to alternatives such as bank branches and Post Offices. The regulation of financial services remains a power reserved to the UK Government and Parliament under the terms of the S...

Questions and Answers Date answered: 20 October 2017

S5W-11543

The funds are paid directly into the bank account of the young person at a rate of £30 a week paid fortnightly in arrears.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 31 May 2017

S5W-09544

Scottish Government continues to work closely with Scotland’s shellfish growers and their key partners such as the banks, including through the Aquaculture Industry Leadership Group, to deliver further sustainable growth.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 23 February 2017

S5W-06904

Significantly, the Scottish Investment Bank (SIB) is one of the most active investor in Life Sciences across in the UK, with 30 per cent of its portfolio in life sciences.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 19 January 2017

S5W-06055

To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to help Scottish firms equip themselves to deal with threats of cyber security, in light of the recent Bank of Scotland Business Digital Index report, which shows that 60% of Scottish firms still need to invest in cyber security.

Questions and Answers Date answered: 24 May 2016

S5W-00092

This lets the Scottish Government deduct the NBPSS payment from their Basic Payment 2015 total and pay the remainder into their bank account. Under EU state aid rules the Scottish Government is required to calculate a notional amount of interest, equivalent to the cost of borrowing at approximately market rates, which constitutes a ‘de minimis’ state aid t...

Last updated: 3 February 2026

BB20260203Rev1

Tuesday 3 February 2026 Business Bulletin Iris Ghnothaichean Revised at 1:22pm Today's Business Subject to the Parliament's agreement of S6M-20663 and S6M-20664, today's business will be as follows: Meeting of the Parliament Committee Meetings 2:00 pm Time for Reflection: Susan Macleod, 8:45am Net Zero, Energy and Transport Humanist Celebrant, Humanist Society Scotland Committee followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 9:00am Finance and Public Administration Committee followed by Motion of Condolence 9:15am Health, Social Care and Sport Committee followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions 9:30am Local Government, Housing and Planning followed by Topical Questions Committee followed by Ministerial Statement: Scotland’s 9:45am Delegated Powers and Law Reform Prison Population Committee followed by Stage 1 Debate: Desecration of War 10:00am Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Memorials (Scotland) Bill Justice Committee followed by Stage 1 Debate: Prostitution (Offences and Support) (Scotland) Bill followed by Ministerial Statement: Scottish Hospitals Inquiry followed by Motion on Legislative Consent: Motion on Legislative Consent: Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill – UK Legislation followed by Committee Announcements followed by Business Motions 6:20 pm Decision Time followed by Members’ Business: Michael Marra: Publication of Level Up Scotland: A National Action Plan for the Scottish Games Sector Tuesday 3 February 2026 1 Today's Business Future Business Motions & Questions Legislation Other Gnothaichean an-diugh Gnothaichean ri teachd Gluasadan agus Ceistean Reachdas Eile Chamber | Seòmar Meeting of the Parliament Subject to the Parliament's agreement of S6M-20663 and S6M-20664, today's business will be as follows: 2:00 pm Time for Reflection: Susan Macleod, Humanist Celebrant, Humanist Society Scotland followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions S6M-20663 Graeme Dey: Revision to Business Programme—That the Parliament agrees to the following revision to the programme of business for Tuesday 3 February 2026— after 2.00 pm Time for Reflection followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions insert followed by Motion of Condolence followed by Parliamentary Bureau Motions followed by Motion of Condolence S6M-20640 John Swinney: Motion of Condolence —That the Parliament expresses its sadness at the sudden death of Lord Jim Wallace; appreciates his many years of outstanding public service and the high regard in which he was held as a Queen’s Counsel, MP for Shetland and Orkney and the first ever MSP for Orkney, his seven years as the first Deputy First Minister of Scotland, and latterly as member of the House of Lords; acknowledges his long service to the Church of Scotland as an elder at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall and as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland from 2021 to 2022...

Last updated: 28 January 2026

Salmon farming 22 January Heriot Watt Uni

The report shows that GVA (gross value added) rose by 30 per cent from £361 million to £468 million between 2022 and 2023. Over the longer term, aquaculture’s GVA increased by 37 per cent between 2014 and 2023, while employment increased by 3 per cent.

Last updated: 7 January 2026

SPBill59ADPMS062026

Section 33B requires that Scottish Ministers must, within 12 months beginning with the day after Royal Assent, introduce regulations under Section 1 of the 2003 Act to make provision for the installation of an average of one integral swift nest box per dwelling or unit greater than five metres in height and in accordance with “best practice guidance except where such installation is not practicable or appropriate”, “best practice guidance” is defined as meaning British Standard BS 42021: 2022...