Portfolio Questions

Transport, Infrastructure and Connectivity

David Torrance S5O-04484
1. To ask the Scottish Government what role public transport has in ensuring a green economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keith Brown S5O-04485
2. To ask the Scottish Government how the recently announced £63 million fund for the bus sector will help to support bus operators with maintaining and increasing services.

Sandra White S5O-04486
3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit further funding to expand the provision of broadband services in the Glasgow Kelvin constituency and elsewhere in Scotland.

Emma Harper S5O-04487
4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the South West Scotland Transport Study.

Sarah Boyack S5O-04488
5. To ask the Scottish Government what conditions it has set through its financial support for bus operators to keep services viable through the pandemic and as Scotland comes out of lockdown.

Liam McArthur S5O-04489
6. To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made with the introduction of road equivalent tariff on ferry routes across the Pentland Firth, and whether it will confirm the date that it will be introduced.

John Mason S5O-04490
7. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of people having been discouraged from using public transport in recent months, how it plans to encourage the use of trains and buses once again.

Mark Ruskell S5O-04491
8. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Stagecoach about proposed bus service changes.


Justice and the Law Officers

Ruth Maguire S5O-04492
1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in light of NSPCC highlighting Police Scotland data showing that recorded sexual offences against children have increased by 30% in the last five years.

Bill Bowman S5O-04493
2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the issues concerning the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill that have been raised by bodies such as the Law Society of Scotland.

Anas Sarwar S5O-04494
3. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to engage communities across Scotland as the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill progresses.

Colin Smyth S5O-04495
4. To ask the Scottish Government on what date it plans to implement the disclosure provisions under the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019.

Gillian Martin S5O-04496
5. To ask the Scottish Government how it is responding to the increase in domestic abuse reports in 2020.

Margaret Mitchell S5O-04497
6. To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the prison estate and whether it is fit for purpose.

Joan McAlpine S5O-04498
7. To ask the Scottish Government whether the justice secretary has received a response from the UK Government to his calls for an urgent four nation ministerial meeting on fisheries and maritime security.

Jamie Halcro Johnston S5O-04499
8. To ask the Scottish Government what action Police Scotland is taking in response to littering in popular visitor areas over the summer.


Constitution, Europe and External Affairs

Monica Lennon S5O-04500
1. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the work of NHS preparations for the end of the Brexit transitionary period.

Alexander Burnett S5O-04501
2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to re-engaging with the UK Government on plans for the UK internal market.

Brian Whittle S5O-04502
3. To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the contribution that the internal market makes to levels of employment in Scotland.

Graham Simpson S5O-04503
4. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the powers that will come to Scotland once the Brexit transition period is concluded.

Annie Wells S5O-04504
5. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the constitution secretary's comments to the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee on 18 June, whether it has revisited planning for a second independence referendum.

Peter Chapman S5O-04505
6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the UK Government’s position that the UK should an independent coastal state so that Scotland’s fishing industry can be protected.

Oliver Mundell S5O-04506
7. To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has disengaged from discussions with the UK Government regarding the forthcoming internal market legislation.

Fulton MacGregor S5O-04507
8. To ask the Scottish Government what its latest engagement has been with the UK Government about proposals for a UK internal market.