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 what percentage of patients who have been put forward for a clinical trial, in each year since 1999, went on to access the clinical trial following their assessment.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason SEPA has reportedly changed its plan to publish a register of producers that are registered to market and sell Deposit Return Scheme articles, from after registration closed in March 2023 to before the scheme launches in August 2023.
To ask the Scottish Government whose role it is to enforce Education Scotland inspection guidelines.
To ask the Scottish Government how many third sector organisations received more than 50% of their funding from the Scottish Government in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15443 by John Swinney on 8 March 2023, whether it will name the law firms that have received a share of the £100,244, broken down by how much each firm received.
To ask the Scottish Government how many Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), also known as drones, have been available for use by Police Scotland officers in each year since 2019, and how many officers have received RPAS training.
To ask the Scottish Government how many Significant Adverse Event Reviews were commissioned for a Category I event in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many people in Scotland had never worked in each year since 1999, and what assessment it has made of the implications of any such data.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government's Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regarding any potential impact in Scotland of the proposed legislation that would give the Secretary of State powers to prevent developers from operating freely in the housing market if they fail to sign and comply with the UK Government's remediation contract; whether the powers in the proposed UK legislation would need to extend to the Scottish Ministers to achieve the same objective in Scotland, and, if not, whether Scottish Parliament legislation could create similar powers for ministers to prevent developers from operating freely in the housing market if they fail to sign and comply with the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) was consulted on any implications for competition in the waste collection market arising from the Deposit Return Scheme, including the appointment of a single waste collection provider under the scheme, and whether the CMA has (a) raised questions and (b) offered advice in relation to any such matter.