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.
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether it will request that SEPA conducts a review of fire safety measures at waste handling facilities, in light of the major fire at the Suez Recycling and Recovery plant in Altens.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any underspend in capital projects over the financial year 2021-22, broken down by project and the reason for any underspend in each case.
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to training for GPs and consultants to improve awareness of any potential hernia mesh complications.
To ask the Scottish Government how many prisoners have been classed as unlawfully at large in each month since January 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government what data it holds on any teacher shortages in each local authority.
To ask the Scottish Government what investigative steps regarding the Police Scotland and Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service's investigation into the alleged use of Scottish airports by CIA rendition flights, not including filing a request to the United States Senate for the unredacted report, have been taken over the last 10 years.
To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland (a) has asked for mutual aid from United States police authorities and (b) had access to UK intelligence reports or other relevant political files, as part of its investigation into the alleged use of Scottish airports by CIA rendition flights.
To ask the Scottish Government what the dimensions of the bedrooms are on board the MS Victoria, how long it anticipates that Ukrainian refugees will be housed onboard the ship, and whether it has undertaken any checks to ascertain whether the (a) rooms and (b) ship as a whole are "habitable", following the definition as set out in the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' General Comment No. 4: The Right to Adequate Housing (Art. 11 (1) of the Covenant) from 1991.
To ask the Scottish government whether it plans to increase the support available to local authorities for (a) conducting disclosure checks and (b) vetting accommodation for Ukrainian refugees.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to recruit Ukrainian speakers, who are already living in Scotland, to help welcome and communicate with refugees from Ukraine.