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The Official Report is a written record of public meetings of the Parliament and committees.  

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 16 March 2025
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Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Did GEOAmey pitch in with any additional financial support for wages, or was it just the Scottish Government?

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

I have one final question. David Jones, can you tell us what your current level of performance is and whether you consider that that is having a more positive impact on service delivery in the justice system?

Public Audit Committee

“Decarbonising heat in homes”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Could councils could play a bigger role? How are they getting on with replacing gas central heating systems in their housing stock? Could the wider public engage with that? Councils will get the benefit of economies of scale when they buy many units. Could the wider public perhaps tap into that and get cheaper prices? It is appreciated that the subsidy scheme is not delivering the sea change that we are after.

Public Audit Committee

“Decarbonising heat in homes”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

My last question is on energy prices. The fact that energy prices in the UK are among the highest in Europe is probably beyond our control. However, electricity is four times dearer than gas. People know that, yet we are asking them to make the transition to an energy system that is four times more expensive per unit than what they use at the moment. How on earth do we overcome that and take people with us on that journey?

Public Audit Committee

“Decarbonising heat in homes”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Thank you for those answers.

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Both.

Public Audit Committee

Section 22 Report: “The 2022/23 audit of the Scottish Prison Service”

Meeting date: 28 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Did that involve agreeing what the numbers might be, with some variation above and below that level, rather than nothing being said about the matter and just having to cope with the numbers?

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Hi folks. I am Willie Coffey. I am the MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley and the deputy convener of the committee.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Yes. Good morning, everybody. That brings me neatly to my question. Can we have successful community wealth building if, at the same time, there is dereliction and abandonment in our urban environment in particular? All our towns have that problem, and it seems almost impossible—try as I might—to get a change of attitude from owners to the premises that they own.

Local people can have a sense that they own the town or village in which they live, but they do not. The buildings in our towns, villages and so on are usually owned by people who have never gone there and never will, and who probably do not care.

How do we turn that particular problem around? Are there any examples of that with regard to buildings in an urban setting in particular? We could talk all day about the strategies and policies that we need to implement, but the people who live in our towns and villages are still seeing that level of dereliction and abandonment in front of their eyes. I would be grateful for any responses. I have heard from Louise Kirk of some good examples in Ayrshire, but I would be pleased to hear from other colleagues about how they have approached and tackled the problem. Perhaps Rob Davidson can start.

Local Government, Housing and Planning Committee

Community Wealth Building

Meeting date: 26 March 2024

Willie Coffey

Matthew Brown, do you have an interesting experience to share on this issue?