Portfolio Questions

Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Emma Roddick S6O-04314 1. To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its policies on land reform and land use, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any action that can be taken to tackle land banking investment scams in the Highlands and Islands, in light of the reported impact that such scams can have on the right of a community to have more of a say in how the land that they live on is used. Monica Lennon 2. [Not Lodged] Colin Smyth S6O-04316 3. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on annual reporting of its incentivisation of selective fishing gear and low-impact techniques that the rural affairs secretary committed to commissioning in January 2023. David Torrance S6O-04317 4. To ask the Scottish Government what the survival rate of farmed salmon across all marine farms was in 2024. Kenneth Gibson S6O-04318 5. To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the cross-government co-ordination on islands, including connectivity, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding support in the draft Budget 2025-26 to improve ferry services to Arran. Craig Hoy S6O-04319 6. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to support the Scottish dairy sector. Roz McCall S6O-04320 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it can take to challenge the UK Government’s inheritance tax changes for farmers. James Dornan S6O-04321 8. To ask the Scottish Government how it is working to support Scotland’s food and drink sector, both domestically and internationally. Health and Social Care Meghan Gallacher S6O-04322 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent programme, Disclosure: Kids on the Psychiatric Ward , which features Skye House in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Pauline McNeill S6O-04323 2. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to encourage the prescription of medicinal cannabis on the NHS for the relief of chronic pain. Bob Doris S6O-04324 3. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on using the blood spot test given to newborn babies to screen for spinal muscular atrophy to support early diagnosis and effective treatment of babies born with the condition. Mark Griffin S6O-04325 4. To ask the Scottish Government what the current average waiting times are for a neurodevelopmental assessment and a speech and language therapy assessment for children and young people in NHS Lanarkshire and in Scotland as a whole. Annabelle Ewing S6O-04326 5. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the director of the Fife Health and Social Care Partnership, and what was discussed. Clare Adamson S6O-04327 6. To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting frontline staff at University Hospital Wishaw. Sarah Boyack 7. [Not Lodged] Fulton MacGregor S6O-04329 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action that it is taking to support people with long COVID.