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Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.

Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber

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Question reference: S6W-30676

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25949 by Mairi McAllan on 13 March 2024, whether it has now assessed potential public expenditure or contingent liability implications for its Budget to de-risk or otherwise sufficiently underwrite private investment in nature recovery, as part of contributing to reducing carbon in the atmosphere.

Question reference: S6W-30677

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what target ratio of public to private sector investment it has set when seeking to incentivise private investment in nature recovery, and whether it has established a maximum limit to the proportion that the public purse should pay of any investment.

Scottish Government is currently assessing alternative spending models for nature restoration that will seek to encourage greater responsible private investment.

The Scottish Government has not set a target ratio of public to private investment or established a maximum limit that the public purse should pay of any investment with regards to incentivising nature recovery.

Scottish Government’s approach will focus on maximising the value of public spending to achieve the greatest amount of nature restoration and positive environmental outcomes while ensuring communities benefit from this investment.

Question reference: S6W-30678

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what transparency arrangements it proposes in relation to the sources of private finance into natural capital investments that is supported by public spending, to ensure that any such investment can be fully visible and scrutinised against high-integrity principles, and whether it will provide any financial support to private investment that comes from offshore financial arrangements.

Question reference: S6W-30679

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what rate of direct cash return it is expecting from any public investment made in support of attracting private investment into nature recovery.

Scottish Government is currently assessing alternative spending models for natural restoration that will seek to encourage greater responsible private investment.

Scottish Government has not set an expected rate of direct cash return that may be derived from these models.

Question reference: S6W-30518

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30045 by Fiona Hyslop on 4 October 2024, what the (a) value and (b) length of the contract is with (i) naValue GmbH and (ii) Addleshaw Goddard.

Question reference: S6O-03853

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how youth groups can access funds to buy community assets.

Question reference: S6W-30464

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 07 October 2024
Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when the medicines homecare services review will be published.

Question reference: S6W-30044

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government by what date CMAL will publish the invitation to tender to design and build seven new ferries for the Clyde and Hebrides network under phase 1 of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme, and how many expressions of interest in this contract have been received.

Question reference: S6W-30082

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to using remote electronic monitoring to help respond to any modern slavery, human trafficking and human rights abuses in the fishing sector.

The Scottish Government is not considering the use of remote electronic monitoring (REM) technologies in its response to modern slavery, human trafficking and human rights abuses in the fishing sector.

REM involves the use of imagery, sensors and Vessel Positioning Systems (VPS) to independently monitor fishing operations and data that is produced is used for fisheries compliance and scientific purposes. The views of the cameras are fixed on key areas of the boat where fishing operations take place; they are not set up to monitor or identify people.

Question reference: S6W-30045

Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 20 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 October 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the external consultants that have advised (a) CMAL and (b) Transport Scotland on the design and build contract for seven new ferries on Clyde and Hebrides network routes under phase 1 of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme.