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The National Bereavement Care Pathway for Pregnancy and Baby Loss is in the early stages of development in Scotland. The project approach will be developed over the next two years. Scottish Government has provided funding of £94,000 to the Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Charity (Sands) to lead the work with other baby loss charities, bereaved parents, health care professionals and Royal Colleges. It is expected that the pathways will provide a toolkit of practical guidance and training tools for all healthcare professionals working with bereaved parents in order to ensure they receive the best possible care.

There is no set term of office for the Chief Executive of the Water Industry Commission for Scotland.

Under the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 Scottish Ministers were duty bound to appoint the first chief executive of the Commission. Subsequent appointments to the post of chief executive and the ongoing remit relevant to the functions of the Commission are for the Commission to determine.

The Board has been in place since the Water Industry Commission was established in 2005. The current membership is available at https://www.watercommission.co.uk/view_who_is_who.aspx .

Flygrazing is primarily a civil matter between the landowner and the keeper or owner of the horse which has been placed on that land to graze.

The Horse Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2009 assist enforcement authorities in identifying the owner or keeper of a horse from any microchip implanted within the animal. The Equine Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2019 will come into force on 28 March 2019 with the view to improving compliance with identification.

Fly-grazing is rarely reported in Scotland, unlike the situation on England and Wales; and we have not been alerted of a problem by either our stakeholders or local authorities. We are, however, aware of an isolated case in the Argyll and Bute Council area.

The Council has identified the owner of the horses and is seeking removal through the courts, and the Scottish SPCA is reported as having visited on a number of occasions to ensure the horses’ welfare.

The Scottish Government takes the welfare of all animals extremely seriously and that welfare is provided for under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006. The Scottish Government encourages those with concerns for the welfare of an animal, whether by reason of neglect or abandonment, to raise these concerns with the relevant local authority or the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

I refer the member to the answer to question S5W-20984 on 29 January 2019. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament's website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.parliament.scot/parliamentarybusiness/28877.aspx .

Scottish Government officials are in regular contact with Cornerstone and Unison about the dispute.

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport and Councillor Currie from COSLA wrote to both organisations in 21 December 2018 offering support towards reaching an agreement and arrangements have been made for a meeting involving all parties. In advance of this meeting, Scottish Government and COSLA officials will continue to engage and meet with both organisations to support progress towards reaching a resolution. The detailed information requested is being placed in the Parliament's Reference Centre (Bib number 60413).

The Scottish Government does not collect information on non-disclosure agreements from universities, and therefore does not hold this information centrally.

The Scottish Government will publish outcomes from the Race Equality Conference and a final report on Year 1 Race Equality Actions on its website in the spring. The slides used in the evidence and analysis workshop have already been published on the Scottish Government’s Equality Evidence Finder.