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Portfolio Questions

Wednesday 04 September 2024 2:00 PM

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Deputy First Minister Responsibilities, Economy and Gaelic Alex Cole-Hamilton S6O-03653 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether its decision not to make survivors of abuse at Fornethy House eligible for Scotland's Redress Scheme was due to budgetary pressures. Willie Coffey S6O-03654 2. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with UK Government counterparts regarding future plans for the Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up Funds. Fergus Ewing S6O-03655 3. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding support for any businesses impacted by the ban on wood burning stoves in new build homes. Patrick Harvie S6O-03656 4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to implement the policy announced in March 2022 in regard to companies maintaining trade links with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. Ruth Maguire S6O-03657 5. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the contribution that housebuilding makes to the Scottish economy. David Torrance S6O-03658 6. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Harland & Wolff regarding any potential job losses at its yards in Methil in the Kirkcaldy constituency and Arnish on the Isle of Lewis. Sue Webber S6O-03659 7. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it decided that survivors of abuse at Fornethy House should not be eligible to access Scotland's Redress Scheme. Liam McArthur S6O-03660 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the development of its Green Industrial Strategy and its commitment to leverage up to £500 million over the next five years for Scotland's offshore wind supply chain. Finance and Local Government Clare Adamson S6O-03661 1. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met North Lanarkshire Council and what was discussed. Liam Kerr S6O-03662 2. To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to local authorities whose housing stock and former housing stock requires demolition and rebuilding due to the presence of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete. Michael Marra S6O-03663 3. To ask the Scottish Government, in line with the agreed procedure, whether it will provide the Scottish Fiscal Commission with a public sector pay policy ahead of its Budget for 2025-26. Murdo Fraser S6O-03664 4. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recently published government expenditure and revenue figures, which reportedly show a £2,400 dividend in the last year for every person in Scotland as a result of its continued membership of the UK. Maurice Golden S6O-03665 5. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to fund any pay increases for local government employees. Bill Kidd 6. [Not Lodged] Collette Stevenson S6O-03667 7. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions the finance secretary has had with the UK Government regarding public spending, in light of the Prime Minister’s remarks that the Labour administration’s first Budget is “going to be painful”. Ariane Burgess S6O-03668 8. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its reported decision to instruct local authorities to divert money from the Nature Restoration Fund towards local government pay settlements, what discussions the finance secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding action that can be taken to mitigate any impact of this decision on projects aimed at reversing nature loss.

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