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There seems to be some discrepancy in the vacancy rates and how accurate and up to date they are. Is there some way for the Government to ensure that local authorities keep those figures as up to date as they can be?
I call on the UK Government and Ofgem to consider a delay to the switch-off date so that households across Scotland, including in rural and island communities, can catch up.
In 2021, Doddie’s foundation has donated an incredible £380,000 to MND Scotland’s grants programme to help families with the financial costs that are associated with the illness, including the costs of equipment, home adaptations, clothes and utility bills, or funding a holiday. I mentioned at the start that there is still much to do.
I appreciate that non-dom status has been removed, but how about looking to the World Bank’s advice on our tax system? The fact that our system is so complex means that there is much tax avoidance and fraud, and simplifying the system could reduce the impact of that completely.
Questions and Answers
Date lodged:
11 February 2026
To ask the Scottish Government whether it proposes to delete its superseded guidance on its webpage, Implementation of Scottish Government policy on protecting Ramsar sites, dated 22 January 2019, and, if so, when.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide further details of the progress that it has made regarding the delivery of a railway station in Winchburgh, including the date by which it anticipates the business case and cost will be finalised.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
19 September 2023
The situation is clear when you consider recent events, such as the TSB challenges, where there was a technology failure at the bank and in short order, criminals were developing what they needed to exploit that and strip significant amounts of money from people’s accounts at a point when the bank did not have the ab...