Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
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To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings senior officials representing (a) Transport Scotland, and (b) Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd have had with representatives of Pentland Ferries since January 2019, and whether it will set out the (i) topics of discussion and (ii) attendees at each meeting.
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to lifting the requirements on (a) seafarers and (b) offshore workers to enter managed isolation when returning directly to Scotland for a period of leave after working outside the UK.
To ask the Scottish Government what provisions it has made in the 2016-24 contract for Clyde and Hebrides services for transporting emergency service (a) vehicles and (b) personnel on lifeline routes, in the event of a reduction in fleet (i) capacity or (ii) resilience.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to discussions with the (a) Maritime and Coastguard Agency and (b) vessel’s owner, whether it will provide an update on the safety of the MV Pentalina for operation on Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service routes.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the owner of Pentland Ferries, regarding the Fair Work Framework.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that the time chartering of ferries for publicly subsidised routes is consistent with the commitment made in the Fair Work: action plan to increase the number of workers covered by collective bargaining.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the performance recorded for 2020 against the Employee Voice indicator in the National Performance Framework includes workers across all sectors of the transport industry.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last measured its public procurement policies in the ferries sector against the National Performance Framework, and what the outcomes were in each category.
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done to quantify the reliability of PCR test kits that can be bought privately.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last had discussions with (a) airport, (b) airline operators, regarding the cost of PCR tests for those entering Scotland from green and amber list countries.