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Question reference: S6W-24900

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government which (a) companies and (b) non-governmental organisations were invited to the St Andrew’s Day reception that it hosted during COP28 in Dubai.

The following list of companies and organisations were invited to the St Andrew’s Day reception during COP28 in December 2023:

Abu Dhabi Aviation	CPI media	Islamic Finance Guru	Radisson
AD Ports Group	DAHC	JM Foods	Retail Is Detail LLC of Alabbar Enterprises
ADIO	D-CAT	Joulon	ReVentas
ADNOC	DHA	Karpowership	Ritz Carlton DIFC
ADQ	Dhabi Hold Co	Kent	Robertson Group
Aforza	Doosan Babcock	KEZAD	Roslin Technologies
AGR Petroleum Services	Drax	Kibsons	Safco
Al Rostamani Tavel	Dubai Academic Health Authority	Kitopi	Scotmas
AL TAYEB MEAT SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP LLC	Dubai Chamber	Krucial	Seafood Scotland
Al Tayer Holidays	Dulsco LLC	Lactalis GCC	SEHA
Al Yaseah	Edinburgh Science	Lactalis Group	Seven Media
Al Yusr Industrial Contracting	Elevation Sustainable Solutions	Lactalis UAE	Shell
Amity Fish	Emirates	LRQA	Siccar
Aquatera Group	Energy Industries Council	LULU	Siemens Energy
Arbikie	Equiom Group Middle East	MAF Hypermarkets LLc	Sirocco
Areej International	Euro Mechanical	Masdar	SolarisKit
Astro Agency	EY	Max Foods Inc	SOV
Atlantis	Fawaz Alhokair Group	Mazrui International	Spinney
Australian Embassy	FCDO	MEED	Sunamp Ltd
Automech Engineering	finefarefood	Midgard Oilfield Services	SUNMEET GENERAL TRADING LLC
AzurX	Fluitron	MMI	TAQA
Baker Hughes	Fonterra	Mocean Energy	The Corporate Group
Bee'ah	Foodsource International	Motive Offshore Group Ltd	Truebell
Bidfood Middle East	FreshExpress	NAMA Development Enterprises	Tyde Digital
Bidfood UAE	Gateway Group of Companies UAE	NKMS	UAE Space Agency
Blake Evans & Co	Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute	Norco Group Ltd	Valeo Snackfoods Ltd
BP	Green Bioactives	North Oil Company	VS
Bristow Aviation Holdings Limited	Gulf Business Consulting	Nova Innovation	Waterfalls
British Chamber of Commerce Abu Dhabi	HFI Consulting International	NPCC	Watson Farley & Williams
Bureau Veritas	HSBC	OiLSERV	WetFish
Carrefour	Hunter Food	Orbital Marine Power	Wishfoods
Casinetto	Hydrogen Vehicle Systems Ltd	Park N Shop	Wood
CBRE ME	IAS International Oil & Gas Consultants	PDF Beveage LLC	Xergy
Chef Middle East LLC	IGS	PETRASCO Middle East LLC	Y International UK Ltd
Choithram & Sons LLC	INVest NI	Proserv	Zumo Money
Christof Globabl	IRBcreative	PWC
Core (A Zahid Group Company)	Isla Seafood	Quality Meat Scotland

Question reference: S6W-25209

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 02 February 2024
Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that NHS Ayrshire and Arran will remove ICU beds from University Hospital Ayr and relocate them to Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, citing significant workforce gaps.

Question reference: S6W-24901

Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a full list of the non-government representatives who were part of its delegation to COP28, including private organisations such as businesses and trade associations.

The following list of companies part in Scotland’s business delegation to COP28 in December 2023:

Company

COP 28 Attendees

Aquatera

4 Delegates

AstroAgency Limited

1 Delegate

CCU International

1 Delegate

D-CAT

1 Delegate

Green Bioactives

1 Delegate

Hydrogen Vehicle Systems (HVS)

4 Delegates

Krucial

1 Delegate

Mocean Energy

1 Delegate

Motive Offshore Group

1 Delegate

Norco

2 Delegates

Nova Innovation

1 Delegate

Orbital

1 Delegate

ReVentas

2 Delegates

Roslin Technologies

1 Delegate

Siccar

2 Delegates

SolarisKit Ltd

3 Delegates

Sunamp

1 Delegate

Additional Companies

NZTC

3 Delegates

Xodus Group

1 Delegate

Additional Team Scotland Representatives

Scottish Development International

7 Representatives

Scottish Chambers of Commerce

2 Representatives

Question reference: S6W-24911

Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 29 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what objectives it set for any funding that it has provided to the North Queensferry Heritage Trust since 2019.

Question reference: S6W-24857

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the target timescale is for the Energy Consents Unit to log submissions made by members of the public, and whether this target is being met.

The Energy Consents Unit does not have a target timescale for logging representations. Representations may be made to the Scottish Ministers in line with statutory timeframes set out in public notices, which require to be given in accordance with applicable regulations. Representations are managed such that the material issues raised within are always taken into account before any decision is taken by Scottish Ministers.

Question reference: S6W-24856

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason there is reportedly a three-month delay in logging submissions sent to the Energy Consents Unit, and what action it is taking to address this.

Question reference: S6W-24852

Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what stage has been reached of its piloted expansion of childcare for two-year-olds.

The Scottish Government funds delivery of 1140 hours of high quality funded Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) to all three and four-year-olds and eligible two-year-olds. This entitlement is regardless of the working status of their parents - putting children first.

We recognise how important both early learning and school age childcare are for families, especially those experiencing poverty. Within this year’s Programme for Government we have committed to work with local government and partners in the ELC sector to expand our childcare offers.

We are already delivering school age childcare services to around 1,000 priority families through our early adopter work in Glasgow, Dundee, Clackmannanshire, and Inverclyde - and through our Access to Childcare Fund projects.

Over the next year we will expand our early adopter work to include Fife and Shetland and also to broaden the work to include younger children. This work will provide us with a clearer picture about what approaches deliver the greatest impact for families.

In parallel we will continue to work with local authorities and our partners in the sector to support up-take of the existing two year old offer, to ensure as many children as possible receive the benefits of high quality ELC. We will also begin the work necessary to plan for an expansion of funded ELC for more families with a two year old, focused on those who will benefit most.

We know that the needs of younger children are different to those aged three and four and in developing our plans for an expansion we will be guided by what the evidence tells us is best for children and families.

Question reference: S6W-24879

Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when the Programme Delivery Board designing the National Care Service last met, and what was discussed.

Question reference: S6W-24855

Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2024
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources and funding it has provided to the Energy Consents Unit to manage any increase in planning applications being considered.

Question reference: S6T-01788

Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 05 February 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the reported recall of 150,000 women who were wrongly excluded from cervical cancer screening since 1997.