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 plans it has to increase the threshold for paying Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has given any consideration to the introduction of a ticket levy on large music venues in order to support grassroots venues.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to develop music tourism and ensure that live music continues to be resilient and world class, as outlined in its publication, A Culture Strategy for Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reportedly did not undertake any consultation or issue a warning before deciding to close the photovoltaic (PV) panels loan scheme for applications that are not part of a package of measures.
To ask the Scottish Government how many counsellors have been recruited in each local authority, using the £16 million of funding that it provided, to provide secondary school counselling provision.
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it will provide to support the work of the Inverclyde Task Force, including in relation to investment in facilities at Ferguson Marine.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is regarding levels of attainment in Modern Studies in the most recent SQA exam results in Renfrewshire.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the regeneration plans for Glasgow’s "Golden Z" will deliver the jobs and opportunities needed to grow the city’s economy.
To ask the Scottish Government when it agreed the Investment Zones selection method with the UK Government.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to the recommendation by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child to "develop statutory guidance on the use of restraint on children to ensure that it is used only as a measure of last resort and exclusively to prevent harm to the child or others and monitor its implementation".