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 what discussions have taken place between ministers and SEPA regarding the agency's role in addressing the biodiversity crisis.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on establishing an annual appraisal of waste crime impacts.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to a University of Aberdeen study that suggested that there was evidence of potential for an opioid problem associated with the influence of COVID-19 on elective orthopaedic services to emerge.
To ask the Scottish Government what options it is considering to ensure that glass does not exit closed-loop recycling, if the forthcoming deposit return scheme does not include a re-melt target.
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £500 million for the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund announced in the Programme for Government will be allocated (a) to each local authority and (b) in each year.
To ask the Scottish Government when options 1 and 2 in Scottish Government and COSLA guidance on self-directed support during the COVID-19 pandemic will be withdrawn, and how its experience of the wider use of allowing family members to be employed under self-directed support will inform its future policy.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what criteria it uses to determine whether countries are listed as red on its international travel and managed isolation regime, and what information it has on the support available to people from Scotland who travel to countries listed as amber, which are subsequently listed as red, resulting in a need to change travel plans at short notice.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the UK Government's investment in hydrogen as an alternative energy source, including the Acorn Hydrogen project in Aberdeenshire.
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated financial cost as a result of the increase in gas prices will be for (a) NHS Scotland, (b) local authorities and (C) all other areas of the public sector.
To ask the Scottish Government when its new Advisory Council will publish its 10-year National Strategy for Economic Transformation.