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, further to the comment by the Minister for Energy and the Environment, during the members’ business debate on motion S6M-09174 on 22 June 2023, that "the contributions have also highlighted some of the challenges to the threshold that has been suggested, which might have unintended consequences", what it believes these unintended consequences to be, and on what evidence it is basing this view.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether any increased use of the junction between the A1 trunk road and the B6438 as a result of the opening of Reston station is a cause for any increased reports of dangerous incidences, and whether it will take any action to mitigate any added risk of increased traffic flow.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase funding for skills related to retrofitting, in light of its announced policy to ban gas boilers in all new building developments, and, if so, whether it can provide details.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18612 by Fiona Hyslop on 16 June 2023, when it expects the findings from the free bus travel pilot to be collated and analysed, following its planned conclusion in July, and whether it plans to publish the findings from the pilot once finalised.
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish its new mental health strategy.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of its Vision for Trade.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will protect the Firth of Clyde cod seasonal spawning in future.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on proposals for Investment Zones in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of times that Ferguson Marine Engineering Limited’s replacement tower crane has been in operation since it was installed in December 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19058 by Neil Gray on 16 June 2023, how much in total has been allocated to the Scottish Cities Alliance to carry out the work specified as necessary in the Report of the City Centre Recovery Task Force 2021-22.