- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding any implications for community safety to the events that occurred in Trongate, Glasgow, following Celtic Football Club’s league title win.
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Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2024
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on what action the Scottish Government is taking to support the Ferguson Marine shipyard.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to reports that no NHS board has implemented placental growth factor-based testing for pre-eclampsia, in light of it having been recommended in March 2023 by the Scottish Health Technologies Group.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
- Asked by: Lorna Slater, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
To ask the First Minister what the potential implications are for Scotland's economy of the UK Government's immigration policy changes for graduates.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
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Current Status:
Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Taken in the Chamber on 23 May 2024
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 17 May 2024
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Current Status:
Initiated by the Scottish Government.
Answered by Jenni Minto on 20 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to respond to the final report of the UK-wide Infected Blood Inquiry, which was published on 20 May 2024.
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The Scottish Government welcomes publication of the Infected Blood Inquiry’s final report and thanks the Chair for his work in producing such a comprehensive document. The Scottish Government pays tribute to all those who have been infected, their families and support organisations and reiterates our sincere apology to those who have been infected or affected by NHS blood or blood products. A copy of the Inquiry’s final report is available online at www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/reports/inquiry-report .
The Scottish Government will consider this report fully and is setting up an Oversight Group to help consider the Inquiry’s recommendations for Scotland. That group will involve senior staff from NHS Boards and the Scottish Government, along with charities representing the infected and affected.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will remove the requirements relating to compulsory compliance with minimum energy efficiency and the installation of decarbonised heating systems from its proposed Heat in Buildings Bill, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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In November 2023 Scottish Government published a consultation on Proposals for a Heat in Buildings Bill. This included proposals to set a Heat in Buildings Standard, which would prohibit the use of polluting heating systems after 2045 and require homes to meet a minimum energy efficiency standard. The consultation also asked for views on how to monitor and enforce this Standard, including the role for modifications and exemptions. The consultation closed in March 2024 and independent analysis of the c.1650 responses is currently underway. We will use this analysis to help our thinking going forward, and the First Minister will set out his policy and legislative priorities for the remainder of the parliamentary session in due course.
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 03 May 2024
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Current Status:
Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will drop its proposed changes to deer management, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
Answer
We are currently facing a climate and biodiversity crisis. High densities of herbivores such as deer can have a very serious impact on our forests and land by trampling and overgrazing.
Our 2021 response to the report by the independent Deer Working Group (DWG), recognised that a much greater urgency to our efforts to ensure sustainable deer management is required.
As Roseanna Cunningham, then Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform set out in that response, “protection of the massive and essential investments we are making in natural solutions to reduce carbon emissions and to enhance and restore biodiversity in Scotland have to be the main focus of our deer management policy”.
We remain committed to modernising Scotland’s systems of deer management and implement recommendations made by the DWG as set out in both that response and the 2021-22 Programme for Government .