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(S5O-00972) The UK Government will have cut £1 billion a year from welfare spend in Scotland by 2022, with £0.25 billion coming through changes introduced last month alone.
The Scottish Government’s figures anticipate 10,000 more vehicles per day using the bypass by 2022. Although the long overdue improvements at Sheriffhall are welcome and must be constructed without further delay, can the minister set out to Parliament in detail what specific plans the Government has and is working on to increase capacity along the length of...
Will the minister outline what the Scottish Government is doing to meet the need for affordable or free out-of-school-hours and school holiday childcare as part of prioritising childcare as a key aspect of community infrastructure in our most disadvantaged communities?
Will the cabinet secretary today act in the interests of all Scotland’s tenants? Will she forgo her holiday and return to the chamber during recess to pass emergency legislation?
The First Minister will be aware of the outcome of the ballot of RMT members serving on the Orkney and Shetland ferry service and that the islands now face the threat of industrial action over the Christmas holiday period. When my colleague Tavish Scott raised the issue with the First Minister last month, he rightly highlighted the potentially devastating i...
Is the First Minister aware that the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers is balloting the crews who serve on the Orkney and Shetland ferry service, that the islands potentially face industrial action over the Christmas holiday period and that that would have a devastating impact on families and students returning home for Christmas, on th...
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comments by the former RBS chief executive and chairman, Sir George Mathewson, that the Better Together campaign's claims on banking and currency in an independent Scotland are "nonsense".
It certainly allows the potential to have those discussions. To date, they have not taken that route, because it has largely been a resource efficiency issue to do with energy, water and other materials.