Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the Scotland Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether Ministers in his Department have met with representatives of the alcohol industry since July 2024.
Answered by Ian Murray - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
Details of ministers’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the Scotland Office:
What recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the implementation of the covid-19 vaccination programme in Scotland.
Answered by Lord Jack of Courance
UK Government Ministers are in frequent contact with Scottish Government Ministers on all aspects of the response to Covid-19, including the vaccination programme.
The UK Government's vaccine taskforce has successfully procured the vaccines we need and ensured they are available to all across the whole of the UK.
Asked by: Cat Smith (Labour - Lancaster and Wyre)
Question to the Scotland Office:
If he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on ensuring that public sector broadcasters uphold obligations on impartiality during election periods in Scotland.
Answered by Iain Stewart
The Secretary of State for Scotland has raised concerns previously about BBC Scotland broadcasting the First Minister's daily press briefing, which so frequently is about SNP politics rather than public health information. In the run-up to the Holyrood elections, BBC Scotland must look carefully at its legal requirement for impartiality.