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Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Road Infrastructure - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Simpson, Graham (Con - Central Scotland) Government to fairly fund Scottish local authorities and make road infrastructure a key priority. - Speech Link
2: Rowley, Alex (Lab - Mid Scotland and Fife) Compared with all other cuts in funding across Scotland, local government has taken the hardest hit.A - Speech Link
3: McMillan, Stuart (SNP - Greenock and Inverclyde) In the past, I have taken Transport Scotland and Scotland TranServ staff for a drive around the local - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) To me, there are huge opportunities for my constituents; the college, individuals and the community would - Speech Link
2: None with caring responsibilities, travelling from the east of Edinburgh to the west of Edinburgh on public transport - Speech Link
3: Webber, Sue (Con - Lothian) The students who are doing those community engagement courses are getting only £1,800 from the Scottish - Speech Link
4: None They are very important; international students are a hugely important part of our student community, - Speech Link
5: None Subjects such as community education, the arts and languages are very valuable in their own right. - 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 No—I have not had any contact with the Government about that. - Speech Link
2: None A number of local authorities have announced housing emergencies. - Speech Link
3: McNeill, Pauline (Lab - Glasgow) across different local authorities? - Speech Link
4: None looking at justice centres in which we align the police, courts and prisons to reduce the amount of transport - Speech Link
5: Dowey, Sharon (Con - South Scotland) Is the Scottish Government actually taking action on those? - Speech Link


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

Mentions:
1: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) Our local power plan would ensure that we can maximise the benefits of community-owned energy projects - Speech Link
2: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) , because no community must be left behind. - Speech Link
3: Harvie, Patrick (Green - Glasgow) We all knew it, yet the company that owned it, the local authority, the Scottish Government and the UK - Speech Link
4: Boyack, Sarah (Lab - Lothian) The company will bring together the UK Government, the Scottish Government and our local authorities. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Low-emission Zones - Wed 05 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) and local government lay and what flexibilities there were. - Speech Link
2: Slater, Lorna (Green - Lothian) , sustainable transport projects. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliamentary Research (SPICe)
Land Reform (Scotland) Bill
Jun. 05 2024
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The Land Reform (Scotland) Bill makes provisions in relation to community engagement, community right to buy, the lotting of large land holdings, and the establishment of a Land and Communities Commissioner. It also provides for changes in agricultural tenancies and small landholdings.

Found: ownership of land in the local area, for the same purpose.


Scottish Parliament Select Committee
Letter from the Minister for Climate Action, 5 June 2024
Extended producer responsibility for packaging EU Exit Legislation - Protocol with Scottish Parliament

Correspondence Jun. 05 2024

Committee: Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee

Found: E: scottish.ministers @gov.scot  Edward Mountain MSP Convener Net Zero, Energy, and Transport


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

Mentions:
1: Whitham, Elena (SNP - Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley) hospital that was attended by cross-party MSPs, local councillors, community organisations and statutory - Speech Link
2: Mason, John (SNP - Glasgow Shettleston) Does that mean that he thinks that there should have been less for local government? - Speech Link
3: Sweeney, Paul (Lab - Glasgow) We know that, when we cut local government spending, that back-loads on to the NHS. - Speech Link
4: Gray, Neil (SNP - Airdrie and Shotts) Those portfolios will include education, housing, communities and transport, and the efforts will be - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Committee
Transport Policies and Performance - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) What do you understand to be the main barriers to local authorities and transport partnerships in using - Speech Link
2: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) It was a genuinely open question in the sense that, when we hear from local authorities and transport - Speech Link
3: Lennon, Monica (Lab - Central Scotland) How concerned are you that, due to the financial pressure on local government, we see more councils reducing - Speech Link
4: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) Scotland’s 32 local authorities have all submitted their plans to Transport Scotland. - Speech Link
5: Macpherson, Ben (SNP - Edinburgh Northern and Leith) and local government on what investment needs to go into busy key roads in our city centres. - Speech Link


Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Child Safety Week 2024 - Tue 04 Jun 2024

Mentions:
1: Adamson, Clare (SNP - Motherwell and Wishaw) concerns about proposals to increase the minimum distance between school and home for which school transport - Speech Link
2: McCall, Roz (Con - Mid Scotland and Fife) In the words of the Child Accident Prevention Trust, child safety week is an“annual community education - Speech Link
3: Don, Natalie (SNP - Renfrewshire North and West) risks.Alongside promoting the topic as part of the annual child safety week, CAPT has, in previous years, run community-based - Speech Link