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 Community Health and Social Care Boards, as proposed in its National Care Service draft proposals, will be required to only award contracts to providers that recognise trade unions.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has made an assessment of the level and nature of financial investment from China in universities in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any reported allegations that the Chinese Communist Party, through student groups on university campuses in Scotland, is seeking to deter certain events from taking place, and, if so, what action has been taken to address this.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on offshore ownership of care homes.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the economic value that Chinese students who come to Scotland to study bring to (a) universities and (b) the national economy.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to legislate to ensure that no contracts will be awarded to companies that do not apply union-negotiated rates of pay, as part of its National Care Service proposals.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to Transport Scotland's evidence to the Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee on 15 March 2022, on what rolling stock leases the Scottish Government has secured savings, and of what amount.
To ask the Scottish Government what the mileage rate is for (a) NHS staff and (b) social care staff in the public sector.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) value and (b) duration has been of each contract that it has signed with Strathesk Resolutions, in relation to mediation services between trade unions and employers in the public sector, since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government how the technology neutral stance of Home Energy Scotland takes account of research that reportedly suggests that homeowner decision making can be delayed and often aborted in relation to renewable products where the buyer has insufficient understanding of the product and there is a lack of unbiased information support to aid the decision-making process.