Portfolio Questions

Justice and Veterans Jamie Greene S6O-00235 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service consultation, Reducing Unwanted Fire Alarm Signals. Emma Harper S6O-00236 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its £500 million of funding to modernise the prison estate, including any updates to HMP Dumfries. Monica Lennon S6O-00237 3. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a backlog in toxicology analyses, how many final post-mortem reports following a sudden or unexplained death were not issued within the 12-week target in 2020 and 2021. Fulton MacGregor S6O-00238 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to implement a Bairns’ Hoose, or Barnahus, model for children and vulnerable witnesses in criminal proceedings. Dean Lockhart S6O-00239 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to statistics showing that the number of cyber-crimes recorded has nearly doubled in the last year. Richard Leonard S6O-00240 6. To ask the Scottish Government what role fatal accident inquiries have in the delivery of justice in Scotland. Alex Rowley S6O-00241 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it supports veterans, and what official statistics it records to monitor this. Donald Cameron S6O-00242 8. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Police Scotland in its upkeep of the police estate. Finance and the Economy Foysol Choudhury S6O-00243 1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle the reported increase in underemployment. Paul Sweeney S6O-00244 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will respond to the calls being made by trade unions and activist groups and allocate an additional £17 million in funding this year to support the local authority services currently managed by Glasgow Life. Maurice Golden S6O-00245 3. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to promote sustainable public procurement. Stuart McMillan S6O-00246 4. To ask the Scottish Government what work it has undertaken with Inverclyde Council to encourage business development and inward investment into Inverclyde. Neil Bibby S6O-00247 5. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the decision to remove the cohesion target from the National Performance Framework, how it is monitoring whether the employment gap is narrowing between the best and worst performing areas. Gillian Martin S6O-00248 6. To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the north east economy, in light of the impact of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. Willie Coffey S6O-00249 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its discussions with the UK Government regarding the digital economy and digital single market. Bill Kidd S6O-00250 8. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of UK Government policies on the local economies of areas of high multiple deprivation.