Willie Rennie

18 Mar 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

3 Mar 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

25 Feb 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

4 Feb 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

28 Jan 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

18 Jan 2016 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that plans for a high speed rail link between Glasgow and Edinburgh have been shelved.

15 Jan 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

12 Jan 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of households served by the telephone exchange in (a) Falkland, (b) Letham, (c) Newburgh, (d) Gauldry, (e) Balmullo, (f) Tayport, (g) Newport on Tay, (h) Leuchars, (i) Cupar, (j) Ceres, (k) Strathkinness, (l) St Andrews, (m) Peat Inn, (n) Colinsburgh, (o) Elie, (p) St Mon…

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government’s Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme is aiming to deliver fibre broadband to 95% of all homes and businesses in Scotland by the end of March 2018. To date, over 16,600 homes and businesses in the areas requested have been …

11 Jan 2016 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how much central funding it has provided using the Bellwin formula to assist local authorities in meeting significant unanticipated expenditure in each year since 2007-08; which local authorities received this support and (a) for what purpose and (b) how much was provided on each occasio…

Answer · John Swinney: The information requested is set out below: Funding paid out under the terms and conditions of the Bellwin scheme. 2009-10 Aberdeenshire Council received £450,999 following severe flooding incidents during October and November 2009. 2009-10 The Moray Counc…

11 Jan 2016 · Topical Question

To ask the Scottish Government what restrictions it is implementing in response to the suspected case of bird flu in Fife.

8 Jan 2016 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

14 Dec 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of households in Ladybank, Fife, is able to connect to fibre broadband.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government's Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme is aiming to deliver fibre broadband to around 1,800 homes and businesses served from the Ladybank exchange. To date, over 800 premises have already been enabled with the remainder to fo…

14 Dec 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

7 Dec 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

20 Nov 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

13 Nov 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

29 Oct 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

23 Oct 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

25 Sep 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

18 Sep 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

3 Sep 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

31 Aug 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

1 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to ensure that companies contracted to undertake work on its behalf comply with ethical working practices, particularly where the company operates outside the UK.

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government and our suppliers have an obligation to comply with all relevant laws and international conventions. Including: The Equality Act 2010 and The Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties) (Scotland) Regulations 2012; Human Rights Act 1998. T…

1 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government how many of its contracts are outsourced to (a) privately and (b) publicly owned companies operating outside of the UK, broken down by country of registration.

Answer · John Swinney: In the last financial year (2014-15) the Scottish Government has awarded 12 contracts to companies who are registered outside of the UK. The companies concerned are registered in the following countries: Australia, Canada (3), Denmark, Germany (2), Holland…

1 Jul 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government whether it includes consideration of ethical working practices in tendering processes for which it has responsibility.

Answer · John Swinney: Ethical working practices are considered by the Scottish Government in tendering processes. Those bidding for contracts are expected to maintain high standards of business and professional conduct and, as part of standard pre-qualification procedures, are req…

26 Jun 2015 · Written Question

To ask the Scottish Government which of its (a) directorates and (b) agencies maintain databases that hold private information about people; (i) how many and (ii) which ones are maintained by external service providers; what the (A) name and (B) purpose of each is, and how many (aa) of its officials and (bb) external …

Answer · John Swinney: The Scottish Government has a governance framework for managing information (which may be held on paper, in a structured or an unstructured document store, or in a database). Responsibility for managing information assets is devolved to information asset owne…

11 Jun 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

4 Jun 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

21 May 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.

14 May 2015 · First Minister's Question

To ask the First Minister what issues will be discussed at the next meeting of the Cabinet.