Portfolio Questions

Rural Affairs, Land Reform and Islands Christine Grahame S6O-02488 1. To ask the Scottish Government how the measures in its Programme for Government 2023-24 will support the rural economy in the Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency. Donald Cameron S6O-02489 2. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its Programme for Government 2023-24 did not include a commitment to a Crofting Bill. Alasdair Allan S6O-02490 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of its proposed Land Reform Bill. Kenneth Gibson 4. [Withdrawn] Meghan Gallacher S6O-02492 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the greater use of farm-to-fork methods to encourage domestic food production. Liz Smith S6O-02493 6. To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it has made in response to the protracted start to the 2023 grain harvest. Ben Macpherson S6O-02494 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consideration of the Scottish Land Commission’s work on compulsory sales orders and land value capture. Graham Simpson S6O-02495 8. To ask the Scottish Government what cross-government consideration there has been regarding the use of tunnels to improve connectivity between the islands. NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care Karen Adam S6O-02496 1. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the First Minister's commitment in the Programme for Government 2023-24 to publish a new delivery plan for mental health and wellbeing, what it is doing to improve pathways to diagnosis for neurodivergent children. Sue Webber S6O-02497 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the number of alcohol-specific deaths in 2022. Marie McNair 3. [Not Lodged] Annabelle Ewing S6O-02499 4. To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with NHS Fife and what was discussed. Jackie Baillie S6O-02500 5. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to urgently address the reported maintenance backlog in GP practices. Sandesh Gulhane S6O-02501 6. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported plans by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde to reduce the number of community link workers embedded in GP practices in deprived areas of Glasgow by one third, due to Scottish Government funding cuts. Carol Mochan S6O-02502 7. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to invest in community midwifery services to ensure that they are consistently delivered in areas of need rather than in centralised, and often hard-to-access, locations. Paul Sweeney S6O-02503 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the 2021 SNP manifesto commitment to expand on the community link worker programme.