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Last month, we learned from the publication of the STPR2 that there is no final design for the metro, no date is attached to its completion and there is no known funding.
On what basis, and at what point—the regulations have no expiry date—will they be removed? I do not think that anyone would want to see this amendment to the regulations on the nutritional value of food that we are serving in schools perpetuated any longer than necessary—if it is necessary at all.
When will we get some progress so that we can give flat owners assurance? What is the date by which the work will be done, and what funding will be forthcoming from the Government?
We asked the UK Government to match that ambition, and to date it has not. In October, the UK Government also failed to award the green light to the cluster led by the Acorn project at St Fergus.
Furthermore, it is also clear from the evidence to date that a significant vaccine effect exists in relation to reducing the risk of serious harm from Covid.
We continue to urge the United Kingdom Government to increase the number of refugees that it will accept and to provide more information and confirmation of a start date for the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme.
I have recently been involved in discussions between the Royal Bank of Scotland, Age Scotland and others about the impact of branch closures in South Scotland.
Spend on external productions here has nearly doubled—the figure was £119 million in 2010 and £225 million in 2022—with local and global companies viewing Scotland as a place where they can make high-quality programmes across a range of genres.
Just a couple of years ago, this very Parliament pardoned all those who were convicted during the strike with the Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Act 2022. That is not to say that the courts did not have the constitutional right to make those judgments—of course they did.