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 whether it will support the recent call from Usdaw and the Scottish Retail Consortium for an industrial strategy for retail, and what action it will take to realise this.
To ask the Scottish Government what the cumulative cost is of the development and running of the proposed Scottish National Investment Bank from 2018-19 to 2023-24 when the bank is projected to cover its costs.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09707 by Keith Brown on 20 June 2017, when it will publish its retail strategy co-produced with the Scottish Retail Consortium.
To ask the Scottish Government what factors it takes into consideration when deciding on the number of university places that are allocated each year for undergraduate medicine courses.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of comments by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in a briefing paper to MSPs ahead of the stage 1 debate on the Scottish National Investment Bank Bill, whether it plans to review the figure of £25 million for the annual running cost of the proposed Scottish National Investment Bank.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will recommence the publication of its oil and gas analytical bulletin.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken a review of the experience, efficacy and impact of existing financial transaction funding arrangements through the Scottish Investment Bank located in (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) the Scottish Futures Trust and (c) other government agencies and, if so, whether it will publish these.
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial transaction money is being used to capitalise the proposed Scottish National Investment Bank and what the repayment profile is.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the economic impact on Scotland of the current oil price being $60 a barrel, and how this compares with the price of $140 in 2014.
To ask the Scottish Government what additionality the proposed Scottish National Investment Bank will provide over and above existing arrangements.