Part of Portfolio Question Time – in the Scottish Parliament am ar 12 Mehefin 2024.
I am happy to write to Claire Baker with some detail on that. She knows that the Bellwin scheme goes back to about 2005. We are keen to discuss with local government the arrangements going forward. We have agreed a number of recommendations from the work of the Scottish Government and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities flood risk management working group, which was formed in order to look at improving some of the schemes and how they work.
However, I am absolutely open to looking at whether further reform is required. Of course, we have put a great deal of investment into flood-risk management, and we will continue to do that and to support communities that are adversely affected.
I am happy to write to Claire Baker with further detail on support for Fife and the on-going discussions on that.