Portfolio Questions

Covid-19 Recovery and Parliamentary Business Paul McLennan S6O-00490 1. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration was given to increasing the maximum spend on both long and short campaigns for the forthcoming Scottish local council elections in May 2022. Paul O'Kane S6O-00491 2. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of the Omicron variant on the implementation of its COVID-19 recovery strategy. Jim Fairlie S6O-00492 3. To ask the Scottish Government how its coordination of COVID-19 policies can ensure people living in Perthshire South and Kinross-shire are supported through the recovery from the pandemic. Pauline McNeill S6O-00493 4. To ask the Scottish Government when minsters last met with key stakeholders, including business owners, to discuss the COVID-19 vaccine certification scheme. Alasdair Allan S6O-00494 5. To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support island communities to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Emma Harper S6O-00495 6. To ask the Scottish Government how its policies and actions across government will support Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Jackie Dunbar S6O-00496 7. To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support families on low incomes to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Karen Adam S6O-00497 8. To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support the north east’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Net Zero, Energy and Transport Graham Simpson S6O-00498 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, A Vision for Scotland's Railways , produced for Scotland's rail unions. Michelle Thomson S6O-00499 2. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Falkirk Council to discuss public transport and connectivity within the rural areas of the Falkirk East constituency, and what was discussed. Joe FitzPatrick S6O-00500 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its pilots to provide free bicycles for school-age children. Clare Adamson S6O-00501 4. To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to people in the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency who are in fuel poverty. Finlay Carson S6O-00502 5. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to improve road safety on the trunk road network. Liz Smith S6O-00503 6. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made in 2021 to adopt greener bus transport across Scotland. Bob Doris S6O-00504 7. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support registered social landlords to invest in their housing stock to help meet the goal of net zero emissions. Jamie Greene S6O-00505 8. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support the energy sector in the West Scotland region.