Meeting of the Parliament

Portfolio Questions Justice and Veterans Carol Mochan S6O-01252 1. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions justice ministers have had with ministerial colleagues regarding using antisocial behaviour laws to prevent people carrying out intimidating protests outside abortion clinics. Ariane Burgess S6O-01253 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal's recent report on hate crime in Scotland, particularly the findings that in 2021-22 disability aggravated charges increased by 44% and transgender identity aggravated charges by 87% compared with 2020-21. Daniel Johnson S6O-01254 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the review by the Police Service of Northern Ireland into findings by a tribunal of a "sexist culture" in Police Scotland. Bob Doris S6O-01255 4. To ask the Scottish Government what support and advice is available to veterans in appealing to the Upper Tribunal for Scotland regarding war pensions. Foysol Choudhury S6O-01256 5. To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure fair access to justice in light of its recent Resource Spending Review reportedly freezing legal aid spending for the next five years. Jeremy Balfour S6O-01257 6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on police pay negotiations. Colin Beattie S6O-01258 7. To ask the Scottish Government how it will raise awareness of the Water Safety Action Plan ahead of the summer to ensure people stay safe in and around Scotland’s waters. Emma Harper S6O-01259 8. To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the international transfer of prisoners to Scotland with the UK Government. Finance and the Economy Ruth Maguire S6O-01260 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its latest assessment is of the impact of Brexit on Scotland's economy. David Torrance S6O-01261 2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the economy in Fife. Mercedes Villalba S6O-01262 3. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve pay levels in the Scottish economy in light of the reported findings of the Office for National Statistics that UK annual growth in regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell by 4.5% after adjusting for inflation. Sue Webber S6O-01263 4. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much it is allocating in its Budget for infrastructure plans. Monica Lennon S6O-01264 5. To ask the Scottish Government how its Resource Spending Review publication, Investing in Scotland’s Future , will ensure that children and young people’s rights to food, education and fun will be met. Murdo Fraser S6O-01265 6. To ask the Scottish Government how the reported proposed real-terms cuts to the budget of Audit Scotland could impact on its work. Stephen Kerr S6O-01266 7. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report published by Reform Scotland describing the Scottish National Investment Bank as “unfocused and ill-conceived”, having a “strategic deficiency” and recommending that the Bank be “reset”. Pauline McNeill S6O-01267 8. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that any real-terms cuts in its Budget may impact most on the courts and prosecution service. followed by Ministerial Statement: Deaths in Custody followed by Ministerial Statement: Retained EU Law followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Cost of Living Support That the Parliament notes that, under the UK Government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme, second home owners across Scotland will receive a double payment of the £400 credit for their energy bills; considers that this funding would be better used to support low-income households struggling with the cost of living crisis, and calls on the Scottish Government to allow local authorities to recover this money through a one-off increase to the council tax levied on second homes in order to support local cost of living responses. followed by Scottish Labour Party Debate: Delivering the Immediate Removal of Non-residential Social Care That the Parliament believes that the Scottish Government should end all non-residential social care charges in the current financial year given the growing pressure that the cost of living crisis is putting on the most vulnerable in society, and the level of reserves sitting with health and social care partnerships. followed by Decision Time followed by Members' Business — S6M-04950 Ross Greer: Save Loch Lomond That the Parliament notes the reported application lodged by the Yorkshire-based theme park operator, Flamingo Land, for the development of a so-called "luxury resort" on the banks of Loch Lomond at Balloch; understands that this is Flamingo Land’s second application for a development on the site, with the first application reportedly having been withdrawn following a record 60,000 objections being lodged with the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park authority; congratulates local residents and the Save Loch Lomond campaign for, it believes, having protected the ancient woodland at Drumkinnon Woods, which it understands is no longer the proposed location for dozens of guest lodges, but remains concerned about a number of reported issues with the current application, including its overall scale, public access to Drumkinnon Woods and the wider site, pressure on local roads and the principle of selling public land at one of Scotland’s most famous locations to a private developer.