Oral Evidence May. 01 2024
Inquiry: Strategic transport objectivesFound: Scotland had much clearer transport strategies than the Department for Transport did for England/the UK
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment RecordFound: ONS have also published experimental statistics on experiences of visa holders entering the UK under
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Island Communities Impact AssessmentFound: Islands are not specifically identified within the policy position paper.
May. 01 2024
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Island Communities Impact AssessmentFound: The population of displaced people from Ukraine on Scottish islands is very low.
Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) In other areas across the UK, however, holiday lettings are not having such a negative impact, and they - Speech Link
2: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) let us have more first homes, but let us not be damaging the very weak economy of many of Scotland’s islands - Speech Link
3: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) PASC estimates that a total of 197,000 properties in the UK fall within the FHL regime. - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) Eighthly, does the Treasury consider that the 5,000 new furnished holiday let properties in the UK that - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Dowey, Sharon (South Scotland) (Con)
Eagle, Tim (Highlands and Islands - Speech Link
2: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) ) (SNP)
Ross, Douglas (Highlands and Islands) (Con)
Simpson, Graham (Central Scotland) (Con)
Smith - Speech Link
3: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) and Health Service Ombudsman into the pension injustices on women born in the 1950s; agrees that the UK - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Wishart, Beatrice (LD - Shetland Islands) review, and as the Gilbert Bain hospital is one of the oldest hospital buildings in the Highlands and Islands - Speech Link
2: McArthur, Liam (LD - Orkney Islands) Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work of the ferries task force with Orkney Islands - Speech Link
3: Fairlie, Jim (SNP - Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) The Deputy First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport met the new deputy leader of Orkney Islands - Speech Link
4: Robison, Shona (SNP - Dundee City East) behind the UK, is one of the best-performing parts of the UK. - Speech Link
5: Arthur, Tom (SNP - Renfrewshire South) deliver a competitive environment as well as the best social contract that is on offer anywhere in these islands - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sarwar, Anas (Lab - Glasgow) coronation or a decision made by a small group of SNP members.I think that the similarities between the UK - Speech Link
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) for foreign investment outside London, and more people are coming to Scotland from the rest of the UK - Speech Link
3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) we see elsewhere; and continued redistribution, which will be all the more important if an incoming UK - Speech Link
4: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) We have had a ringside seat, observing the trauma experienced by the current UK Government. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) Commission publication, “Local government in Scotland: Overview 2023”, which includes reference to a UK-wide - Speech Link
2: Baillie, Jackie (Lab - Dumbarton) As members will know, Argyll and Bute is a very rural area that includes 20-odd islands, so it is not - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Carson, Finlay (Con - Galloway and West Dumfries) Good morning, and welcome to the 11th meeting in 2024 of the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee. - Speech Link
2: None We engage with experts with a broader UK perspective. - Speech Link
3: Allan, Alasdair (SNP - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) I do not want to get this wrong, but I would be surprised if such engineers exist in the islands. - Speech Link
4: Hamilton, Rachael (Con - Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) —[Official Report, Rural Affairs and Islands Committee, 24 April 2024; c 10-11.] - Speech Link