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 consultation it expects Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks to undertake with farmers and agricultural contractors regarding the safety impacts of overhead power lines, before the design freeze stage of the Tealing to Kintore upgrade project.
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of planning considerations for major electricity infrastructure projects, whether it will introduce requirements for comprehensive risk assessments of farming operations to be carried out and taken into account at the design stage.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken or plans to undertake an independent review of the safety aspects and any agricultural impacts of the route selected for the Tealing to Kintore upgrade project.
To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths subject to mandatory fatal accident inquiries are currently awaiting an inquiry, and what the longest period is that an inquiry has been outstanding.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has evaluated the accessibility and clarity of the information provided to bereaved families in relation to the fatal accident inquiry process, and, if so, what potential improvements it identified.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to families (a) during and (b) after a fatal accident inquiry.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that consistent standards are applied across Scotland in relation to deciding whether discretionary fatal accident inquiries should be held.
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses when deciding whether to hold discretionary fatal accident inquiries.
To ask the Scottish Government, in each of the last 10 years, how many discretionary fatal accident inquiries have been requested but not held, and what the reasons were for its position on each such request.
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of fatal accident inquiries have involved public bodies in each of the last three years, broken down by type of organisation.