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Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Rail Fares - Thu 06 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) proud to fight for and win the removal of peak-time fares on ScotRail services for a trial six-month period - Speech Link
2: Ruskell, Mark (Green - Mid Scotland and Fife) picture is yet to fully emerge, the data shows us that 53 per cent of new rail passengers in the pilot period - Speech Link
3: Harper, Emma (SNP - South Scotland) have ScotRail services could also benefit from non-peak fares at all times during the pilot scheme period - Speech Link
4: Simpson, Graham (Con - Central Scotland) I accept that we are in an election period, but I think that the cabinet secretary needs to decide where - Speech Link
5: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) public service, our public transport system also plays a vital role in supporting our economy, reducing poverty - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Thu 06 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: McKee, Ivan (SNP - Glasgow Provan) They include matters such as the minimum period for reapplying for bankruptcy under the minimal asset - Speech Link
2: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) Citizens Advice Scotland, Advice Talks Ltd, Money Advice Scotland, the Child Poverty Action Group and - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Portfolio Question Time - Thu 06 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Dey, Graeme (SNP - Angus South) The specific matter of the Greenock campus is not one that I can recall coming up in the intervening period - Speech Link
2: Kerr, Liam (Con - North East Scotland) Does the cabinet secretary agree that one of the key ways to tackle child poverty is through education - Speech Link
3: Gilruth, Jenny (SNP - Mid Fife and Glenrothes) However, as the member will be aware, we are currently in a pre-election period, as a result of which - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Review of the EU-UK Trade and Co-operation Agreement - Thu 06 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: None Given that we are in a regulated period, I note that I will be speaking on behalf of the DAG, not the - Speech Link
2: None It was to be open until 19 June, but we are now in a purdah period. - Speech Link
3: None As I said, the period from 2016 onwards, through the negotiations, has been a difficult time. - Speech Link
4: None Given that we are in the election purdah period, that is a difficult question to answer. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
The Housing (Scotland) Bill
Jun. 06 2024
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The Housing (Scotland) Bill deals with rented, particularly private rented, accommodation and homelessness prevention. This briefing provides context and background to the development of the Bill and an overview of the Bill's provisions.

Found: Domestic abuse - the Bill's proposals ______________________________________ 48 Other matters - fuel poverty


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from Common Weal to the HSCS Convener concerning the National Care Service (Scotland) Bill, 6 June 2024
Fixing the NCS Bill

Correspondence Jun. 06 2024

Committee: Health, Social Care and Sport Committee

Found: i) free at the point of use (ii) be not for profit (and profit-making services phased out within a period


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Pre-budget Scrutiny 2025-26 - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) others want to focus on when looking at where colleges can have the biggest economic impact in the period - Speech Link
2: None Instead of repaying in 15 years, for example, the period would be 16 or 17 years. - Speech Link
3: Thomson, Michelle (SNP - Falkirk East) Obviously, that needs to be staged over a period of time. - Speech Link
4: None while they are here, which is relevant with regard to the really damaging and worrying state of student poverty - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Emergency Release of Prisoners and Other Key Challenges in Scotland’s Prisons - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: None Within a six-month period, more than 40 per cent of those who had been subject to emergency release had - Speech Link
2: None In some ways, the prison system is still in the Covid period, because prisons still have restrictions - Speech Link
3: Findlay, Russell (Con - West Scotland) It says that the mass emergency release will be effective only“for a very short period of time.”It says - Speech Link
4: None There is a natural impact that comes from working in that environment over a long period of time. - Speech Link
5: None can, they should be able to earn money by doing so, because that inability forces their families into poverty - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Oil and Gas Industry - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Martin, Gillian (SNP - Aberdeenshire East) As Sarah Boyack will know, a general election is on and no new announcements can be made during that period - Speech Link
2: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) I hope that, at that juncture, outwith the election period, we will have more time to talk about and - Speech Link
3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) should have been dedicated to investment in a decent economic future for the local community for the period - Speech Link
4: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) We need to work together, because the climate emergency and the challenge of fuel poverty, which the - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Health and Social Care - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) delivering the Scottish child payment, delivering the “Best Start, Bright Futures” plan to tackle child poverty - Speech Link
2: Dunbar, Jackie (SNP - Aberdeen Donside) Conversely, we know that poverty and poor air quality shorten lives, but would we see those listed on - Speech Link
3: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) two-tier healthcare system to emerge because of gradual disinvestment.For example, we can look at the period - Speech Link
4: White, Tess (Con - North East Scotland) year and there have been almost half a million fewer operations than there were in the pre-pandemic period - Speech Link
5: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) This vital period of reform and improvement has to proceed on a truly national basis. - Speech Link