 Mae'r blwysig yw'r cynhyrchu o'r blwysig i'r 1, 2, 5, 6, 5, yn y cyfnod George Adam o ddigonio yng Nghymru i'r Eisteddfodau Ardeigau. Yn ddigonio'r ysgolfyddiadau ar gyfer blwysig, yn hynny i chi'n gweithio'r ysgolfyddiadau, ac mae'n gofyn i George Adam i'r blwysig i'r blwysig. Yn cymrydgynwys cyddiant, mae ni'n i gweithio'i bwysig y Estlffordd Wybodaeth Cymru o'i gondol fod oedgar cael ei bobl yn moddol yn gondol i'r bobl yn gweithio ar yr oedgar companies yn gweithio i'r troedd pwynt y oedgar companies yn cymryddiant ystod am dddangos i'r by Ineos that their ethanol plant at Grangemouth is going to close at the end of quarter one next year. This is an additional announcement on top of the previous announcements that have been made about the closure of the Grangemouth oil refinery, which would be scheduled to close by the end of quarter 2, 2025. This announcement, just this morning, probably wasn't on anyone's radar when the bureau met, but I'm rising to ask for a ministerial statement, an opportunity for the Government to come to the chamber, because obviously people in Grangemouth and in the Falkirk area will be worried that this news comes on top of the previous announcement, and people will want to know obviously about jobs. They'll also want to know what the implication is for the wider industrial complex at Grangemouth, which is integral to Scotland's economy, but also to our plans for net zero. The other dimension, of course, is the flood prevention scheme, which is going to depend on resources coming not just from the public sector, but from the private sector. This is one less business operating on that estate. I think that there are questions to be asked about the future role of Grangemouth in the context of this further closure, and so I'm asking really the Minister for Parliamentary Business, indirectly, whether or not there's an opportunity for this matter to be raised on the floor of this chamber at some point in the next few days. I understand the seriousness of the situation and how it would be something that people would want to discuss. However, as Mr Kerr will be aware, there is a process within the Parliament, within the bureau to work through, and I would advise Mr Kerr, as any member who would make a very similar request to speak to his business manager and feed into Parliamentary Bureau through that way. As Mr Kerr knows from his past involvement as the former chief whip, I'm only too happy to deal with any requests made by other members and see what we can do in the future. The question is that motion 12565 be agreed. Are we all agreed? The motion is therefore agreed. The next item of business is topical questions, and at question number one I call Colin Smith. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported cyber attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Cabinet Secretary, Neil Gray. I thank Colin Smith for raising the question. Colleagues, I wish to outline the outset. We'll appreciate that this incident is the subject of a live police investigation as a result. I'm limited in the detail that I can share. However, I want to assure Colin Smith and other colleagues that the Scottish Government continues to fully support NHS Dumfries and Galloway as they respond to the cyber attack. While I understand that this news will have been both alarming for patients and staff, I can assure Parliament that the board responded swiftly and in line with established protocol. I have personally spoken to the chief executive of NHS Dumfries and Galloway and I'm assured that my officials are fully supporting them as part of a multi-agency approach. In addition to that, I can advise that other NHS boards at the Government's request have been mobilised to provide technical support to Dumfries and Galloway. Colin Smith. I thank the cabinet secretary for that answer. While so far it has disappeared to have been no major disruption to patient services caused by these attacks, which is welcome, it is deeply worrying that there is a risk that hackers were able to acquire a significant amount of information and that this could include patient and staff-identifiable data. We know from past attacks on the NHS that the motive can often be related to extortion attempts on organisations or individuals. Can the cabinet secretary tell us what actions are being taken to protect staff and patients from any extortion attempts? Will he give a clear assurance that there will be clear, open and transparent communication with staff and patients over the possibility that they could find themselves approached by someone claiming to be in possession of data relating to them so that they know what to do in such circumstances? People are worried, cabinet secretary, yet communication so far has been very limited. Cabinet secretary. The NHS Dumfries and Galloway made public the situation last week and advised people that should they have a concern around anyone approaching them with information regarding their data, whether that be a patient or indeed a member of staff, to contact the police immediately using 101. In terms of Colin Smyth's earlier point about patient services, I am pleased to say that at the moment there has been a minimal impact to patient services. However, it is important to note that we know at this stage that the incident has resulted in the need for some staff to change working practices in the short term. I am very grateful to everyone who is working to ensure that people still receive the best possible care while we work at pace to ensure our return to normal working practices. The difficulty, and again I am limited in what I can say because of the live police investigation, is around how we can directly contact patients given that we do not know exactly what data has been taken other than the scale of the data and what it is going to be used for, but the likelihood is, as Dumfries and Galloway have suggested, that it might include patient and staff information. Cyberattacks on the NHS are obviously not new, but it is clear from this attack that they are becoming more common and more sophisticated. Of course, they are not unique to NHS Dumfries and Galloway. Given that the security used by Dumfries and Galloway Health Board has been very similar to that used by the NHS across Scotland in light of the attacks that have led to a breach of confidential data, will there now be a review of cyber security protections used by the NHS across Scotland? Obviously, a breach of confidential data is an extremely serious matter, which is why there is a multi-agency response to this. I am confident in what I have been advised from Dumfries and Galloway in terms of their preparedness for this, and I am happy to share in a more private way some of that confidence with Colin Smyth or any other colleagues. The attack also demonstrates the clear need for continued investment in the cyber capability of our public sector. Not just here in Scotland but across the UK, we have seen most recently the attack that happened in very similar circumstances on the University of Manchester and NHS England. Colin Smyth is right to point to this being a pattern that we need to be alive to. The Scottish Government and the NHS boards have continued to make investment in the development of the Cyber Security Centre of Excellence in recent years. That centre has been delivered organically, is already the focal point of cyber defence, and this incident response allows for that to be done on a national scale. Of course, to return to Colin Smyth's question, we will continue to monitor and keep under review the implications of that upon ensuring that our cyber resilience continues to be as strong as possible. I know that the NHS board is working with the National Crime Agency, the UK National Cyber Security Centre, the Scottish Government and the Information Commissioner to mitigate and investigate the recent cyber attack. It was clear at yesterday's NHS briefing that the board was not able to provide full information as advised by the professional agencies. However, one thing is clear is that cyber attacks are going to become more commonplace. Can the cabinet secretary provide further information on how lessons learned from NHS D&G event, including business continuity plan, for example? How will that be shared with other public bodies in Scotland to ensure that they are prepared to prevent, as far as possible, a similar attack in the future? I thank Emma Harper for that question. I'm glad that she and other colleagues both here, the Scottish Parliament and also at Westminster, I hope found the briefing from Dumfries and Galloway yesterday helpful, although caveated, as I've had to be by the fact that this is a live police investigation. I want to assure Emma Harper that my officials have already started a lessons identified exercise, the learning from which will be shared at a suitable time. I also want to be clear that, as detail about the incident becomes available, I will continue to share as much information as we can with other public bodies. This will be through the multi-agency arrangements that she mentions in her question in order for public bodies that they are able to take preventative steps to defend against similar attacks in future. Finlay Carson. The real concerns being raised by my constituents about how the leaked personal and sensitive data may be used. Therefore, information, guidance and support from Dumfries and Galloway health board will be absolutely crucial in the coming days and weeks. Can the cabinet secretary give details on what assistance the Scottish Government is giving to NHS Dumfries and Galloway to make sure that patients and staff are aware of the potential risks and the actions that they may need to take to protect themselves and confirm if he believes that NHS Dumfries and Galloway have abided by data protection legislation in a manner and the timing in which they have informed patients and staff of these risks? Thank you, Presiding Officer. I thank again Finlay Carson for his question the way he has approached it. Similar to the offer that I have made to Colin Smyth, I am happy to write to Finlay Carson around some of the steps that were taken in a preventative way by Dumfries and Galloway to try to avoid this happening in the first place and indeed the steps that they have taken since. He is absolutely right and I reiterate that the breach of confidential data is an extremely important and serious matter. I will be happy to set out to Finlay Carson the steps that were taken in order to provide public information at the earliest possible opportunity to ensure that people were able to protect themselves against any misuse of the data that has been gathered. I want to reiterate NHS Dumfries and Galloway's call for the staff and public to be on their guard for any attempt to access their systems or approaches from anyone claiming to be in position of data relating to them. If anyone finds themselves in this situation they should contact Police Scotland immediately by calling 101. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the cost and impact of the transfer of HMP Kilmarnock into public ownership. Cabinet Secretary, Angela Constance. HMP Kilmarnock successfully transferred to Scottish Prison Service ownership and management on Sunday, 17 March. SPS and the private operator delivered a smooth transition that supported staff and those in custody whilst maintaining the high standards already set within the prison. SPS will continue to deliver quality services at the prison while benefiting from the skills and experience of the existing staff group there. It has been Scottish Government policy since 2007 that prisons should be owned and managed by the public sector and public safety, rehabilitation and wellbeing should not be driven by private profit. Final overall costs of operations at HMP Kilmarnock will depend on a variety of factors but are currently estimated at £11.6 million for 2024-25. Sharon Dowie. Thank you for that answer. Recently His Majesty's chief inspector of prisons raised serious concerns about some of the prisons already in the state. She said that HMP Greenock needs bulldoes, HMP Berlinnie is close to catastrophic failure. Meanwhile HMP Berlinnie's replacement is already overdue and over budget as is the project for HMP Highland. It's evident that the service is already struggling with significant financial constraints whilst under private control HMP Kilmarnock was praised for its successful performance. A recently released report also raised a number of concerns about the transition. Can the cabinet secretary assure us that plans have been put in place to ensure that this prison will not fall into the same level of disrepute as the others? I would be the last person to demurr from the challenges that exist across the current prison estate, not helped by a very high prison population. Of course I would not necessarily accept the member's characterisation of the current estate. There are of course well-established plans in place to replace HMP Berlinnie with HMP Glasgow, similarly with HMP Highland. I have answered a number of questions both orally and written in terms of Greenock Highland and Glasgow and most recently made a statement in and around the pressures on the entire estate. The member should be aware of the good performance of public sector prisons in Scotland in comparison to private sector prisons, particularly in and around violence and drug incidents. I have quoted in the chamber and she will also be aware that there are two stages. Stage 1 is the successful transition that we have seen and the actions that will take place over the next year. I should point out that it was not my characterisation of the prison service. It was actually His Majesty's chief inspector of prisons. The chief executive of the Scottish prison service has said that their committee to ensuring the transition of HMP Cymru into public ownership will maintain the high standards that the prison displays. However, through the transfer staff have lost the security of 56 body-worn cameras. They have to recruit a further 70 staff and there is also a question of whether four drug detection dogs which have proved to be an important asset intersecting drugs worth around £1.2 million from entering HMP Cymru will be maintained. Can the cabinet secretary confirm that the existing level of safety and security will be maintained at HMP Cymru despite the loss of these cameras? Can she provide us with an update on the drug detection dogs? Can she also confirm that there will be no further overcrowding until all staff are recruited? It is important to acknowledge that even with the transition arrangements, the transitional operating model that staff in HMP Cymru will increase. That is so that staff who are working long shifts or back shifts on a weekend can actually have a break. I think that that is a good example of why having prisons operate for the public interest as opposed to the private profiteering that exists across those islands in terms of private prisons. In terms of body-worn cameras, it is important for Parliament to be aware that the current body-worn cameras in HMP Cymru were not part of the contract. There is no agreement for those pieces of equipment to transfer, but it is also worth recognising that there will be a pilot operation that will commence in April. It will take place in three prisons in the estate and thereafter body-worn cameras will be rolled out across the prison estate. The two detection dogs and handlers have now transferred into SPS following transition. They play a critical role in tackling the drug crisis. Willie Coffey. The proposal to bring Kilmaroc to the public sector has been there for 17 years now. I wonder where the Tories have been hiding this issue until now. Does the cabinet secretary agree that this Government has a great record and commitment to delivering more and better public services, unlike the Tories, who would sell off everything and anything to bail themselves out of the financial mess that they have created themselves? In relation to the substantive question, cabinet secretary. Yes. The member is right to point to the historical position of this Government. We need our manifesto in 2007 said that we are committed to a publicly owned and run service. That is because our assessment is that public services, whether it be hospitals or prisons, should be run for public good and not private profit. Private prisons is a legacy of previous administrations, whether it is the Liberal Labour Coalition or the Conservative Government's pre-evolution, Katie Clark. Can the cabinet secretary explain why the trade union community has been dereognised at Kilmaroc prison? Is she concerned that community advised that the Scottish prison service is refusing to meet with them? As a result, they are now issuing an indicative ballot for industrial action. Will the cabinet secretary intervene to ensure that this dispute is resolved? Cabinet secretary. I am indeed about to reply to correspondence that I have received from Ms Clark and Ms McNeill on these issues. In terms of the union recognition, the Scottish prison service, throughout the consultation process, which was intensive, indicated its intention to maintaining its existing trade union arrangements that currently exist for all public sector prisons in Scotland and the transferring staff group will be covered by those existing arrangements. Again, it is important to point out to Parliament that the arrangement that exists between Serco and community union was a voluntary agreement, not a legally binding one. Therefore, it is my view that it does not place an obligation on SPS who have worked hard to maintain their current relationships that they have with trade unions, namely, but not exclusively, the POA. That concludes topical questions.