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 whether it plans to work with the trade unions organising ferry workers to build the case for bringing the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services contract permanently in-house and, if so, when this work will start.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government whether Abellio ScotRail requires permission from it to promote third-party financial products, including salary advances, to its staff; for what reason the company is reportedly promoting these products, and how much it estimates the company will receive if the staff purchase them.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the terms of (a) Abellio ScotRail and (b) Serco Caledonian Sleeper’s Emergency Measures Agreement prohibit the payment of indemnification to the operator in the event of industrial action.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00828 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, on what dates Transport Scotland officials met each ferry operator to discuss the issue.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail will enable it to run rail passenger services directly in the public sector without the need to use the Operator of Last Resort.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that the UK Government’s proposals for (a) subsidy control mechanisms and (b) competition law might have on its policies for (i) the procurement of services and vessels and (ii) fares on publicly-contracted ferry services.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what the organisational structure will be of Operator of Last Resort for the ScotRail franchise; who the members will be of the senior management team, and what processes will be followed to appoint them.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00828 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, whether it will provide a breakdown of the resources that were used to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak, and what resources have subsequently been directed back.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons the Prior Information Notice for the ScotRail franchise anticipates a core Operator of Last Resort period of three to five years, and not the maximum, 10.
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To ask the Scottish Government who will act as the Operator of Last Resort for the ScotRail franchise from March 2022 and, if this information is not available, whether it can confirm that it will not consider using Abellio in this role.