Mentions:
1: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) “The UK has a clear position on Israeli settlements: The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza and - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) moment, for example—because Ministers are warning the Israeli Government that their actions in the West - Speech Link
3: Lord Hain (Lab - Life peer) No serious student of the history of South Africa agrees with that position. - Speech Link
4: Lord Sentamu (XB - Life peer) Some of us campaigned against the South African apartheid Government. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) I have been to the West Bank. I chair a charity called the Jerusalem Foundation. - Speech Link
2: None We hear little enough in your Lordships’ House and elsewhere about Sudan and South Sudan. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Janke (LD - Life peer) has warned that Israel may be committing genocide and is currently investigating a case brought by South - Speech Link
4: Baroness Blackstone (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, the noble Baroness paints a very rosy picture of the West Bank. - Speech Link
5: None The same could have happened in Gaza and in the West Bank. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Johnstone, Alison (NPA - Lothian) ) (Con)
Carlaw, Jackson (Eastwood) (Con)
Carson, Finlay (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)
Choudhury - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) Israel must facilitate immediate, uninterrupted humanitarian access in the south, especially the entry - Speech Link
2: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) exactly how Israel has treated them, forcibly displacing men, women, and children from the north to the south - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) The Foreign Secretary has been in the region repeatedly—especially on the west bank and in Ramallah. - Speech Link
4: Andrew Gwynne (Lab - Denton and Reddish) The 1.4 million displaced people kettled in the south of the Gaza strip, precisely where they were told - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Berkeley (Lab - Life peer) have one or two questions to ask him, because I have been involved in some fishing discussions in the south-west - Speech Link
2: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) causes all the hardship, aggravation and financial stress and strain that we are seeing down on the south-west - Speech Link
Asked by: Griffin, Mark (Scottish Labour - Central Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £60 million National Acquisition Programme funding had been spent by the end of the 2023-24 financial year, and how many social homes this funding delivered, broken down by local authority area.
Answered by McLennan, Paul - Minister for Housing
In 2023-2024 a total of £83.146 million was spent and a total of 1,431 affordable homes were delivered through the National Acquisition Programme (NAP). The following table provides a breakdown of these figures by local authority area.
Due to the nature of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme (AHSP), projects may draw down grant across multiple financial years. Spend, therefore, does not necessarily directly correlate to the number of homes delivered in the same financial year, as homes are only recorded as complete once a project record has fully completed.
Local Authority Area | Spend (£m) | Homes Delivered |
Aberdeen City | 4.234 | 126 |
Aberdeenshire | 1.131 | 16 |
Angus | 1.846 | 26 |
Argyll & Bute | 0.182 | 0 |
City of Edinburgh | 9.027 | 138 |
Clackmannanshire | 1.974 | 57 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 0.035 | 1 |
Dundee City | 0.520 | 13 |
East Ayrshire | 0.925 | 30 |
East Dunbartonshire | 2.964 | 21 |
East Lothian | 0.186 | 34 |
East Renfrewshire | 0.248 | 6 |
Falkirk | 3.150 | 70 |
Fife | 2.970 | 57 |
Glasgow City | 17.069 | 176 |
Inverclyde | 0.537 | 33 |
Midlothian | 0.195 | 38 |
Moray | 0.042 | 1 |
North Ayrshire | 2.417 | 7 |
North Lanarkshire | 7.972 | 110 |
Perth & Kinross | 2.497 | 59 |
Renfrewshire | 0.897 | 27 |
Scottish Borders | 1.450 | 22 |
Shetland Islands | 0.228 | 3 |
South Ayrshire | 1.455 | 37 |
South Lanarkshire | 9.723 | 202 |
Stirling | 1.450 | 37 |
The Highland Council | 3.932 | 65 |
West Dunbartonshire | 3.890 | 41 |
West Lothian | 0.000 | 45 |
Total | 83.146 | 1,498 |
Of the £83.146 million spent a total of £9.587 million was spent on projects to be initially used by Ukrainian displaced persons and later returned to be used within the wider social housing supply after a period of up to 3 years.
Asked by: Dowey, Sharon (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - South Scotland)
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to protect women and other vulnerable groups from the creation and distribution of sexually explicit deepfake images.
Answered by Constance, Angela - Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs
Legislation criminalising the disclosure of intimate images includes photographs or films that have been digitally enhanced or manipulated. As such, the law covers 'deepfake' images that have been digitally manipulated so as to appear to depict the person to be in an intimate situation. It is an operational matter for Police Scotland to enforce relevant laws.
The Scottish Government has provided funding of £138,527.50 to the South West Grid for Learning over two and a half years to support the delivery of practical support for people affected by intimate image abuse via the Revenge Porn Helpline. This includes support to remove images from online platforms and signposting for emotional support. The funded activity includes work to raise awareness and understanding of intimate image abuse and the support available through the helpline in Scotland.
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