Portfolio Questions

Social Justice and Housing Emma Roddick S6O-05214 1. [Withdrawn] Fulton MacGregor S6O-05215 2. To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to potential social security implications, what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding compensation for Women Against State Pension Inequality. Mark Ruskell S6O-05216 3. To ask the Scottish Government, further to the assessment by the Scottish Human Rights Commission that disabled and autistic people are not being supported to exercise their right to independent living, as enshrined in Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, what discussions the social justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding action that can be taken to address this. Alex Rowley S6O-05217 4. To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the availability of land for building social housing, in relation to its Housing to 2040 strategy. Bill Kidd S6O-05218 5. To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to pensioners to help with heating bills as winter sets in. Paul Sweeney S6O-05219 6. To ask the Scottish Government, further to its previous answer on 12 November, whether it will take the lead in establishing a common housing register in Glasgow to simplify applications and address the city's long social housing waiting lists. Craig Hoy S6O-05220 7. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any potential negative impacts for local communities when asylum seekers are housed in large-scale sites in Scotland. Stuart McMillan S6O-05221 8. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with registered social landlords in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency regarding the lack of new social homes being built.