Portfolio Questions

Covid-19 Recovery and Parliamentary Business Emma Roddick S6O-00372 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the anticipated timescale for the publication of the independent public inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Collette Stevenson S6O-00373 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work in connection with the consultation paper, Covid Recovery: A consultation on public services, justice system and other reforms. Sandesh Gulhane S6O-00374 3. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported findings in The Lancet that having two doses of a vaccine does not prevent the transmission of COVID-19, and how this may impact its COVID passport scheme. Stephen Kerr S6O-00375 4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Minister for Parliamentary Business has had with ministerial colleagues regarding steps that can be taken in relation to transparency of its activities to better enable scrutiny during parliamentary business. Colin Smyth S6O-00376 5. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the COVID-19 vaccine passport scheme, including on the hospitality sector. Sarah Boyack S6O-00377 6. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether regular and last-minute changes to parliamentary business impact on the effective scrutiny that recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic requires. Alex Rowley S6O-00378 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will undertake a cross-government COVID-19 strategic review into the impact of the pandemic on frontline public services. Michael Marra S6O-00379 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with implementing its published COVID-19 recovery plans. Net Zero, Energy and Transport Foysol Choudhury S6O-00380 1. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage the public to travel by bus, in light of reports that the recent Transport Scotland COVID-19 transport trends indicate that concessionary bus travel is down by 35% on pre-pandemic levels. Russell Findlay S6O-00381 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the two CalMac ferries being built by Ferguson Marine. Katy Clark S6O-00382 3. To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to encourage people to use public transport rather than cars. John Mason S6O-00383 4. To ask the Scottish Government what role Passivhaus homes and off-site manufacturing have in the Glasgow Shettleston constituency in supporting its aim to achieve net zero by 2045. Rhoda Grant S6O-00384 5. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve ferry services to island communities. Mark Griffin 6. [Not Lodged] Bill Kidd S6O-00386 7. To ask the Scottish Government what it sees as the sustainable development opportunities emerging from the decisions and outcomes of COP26. Audrey Nicoll S6O-00387 8. To ask the Scottish Government how it is engaging with oil and gas businesses in the north east, as Scotland transitions to a net zero economy.