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 it is doing to improve access to defibrillators nationally.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure equitable access to the new Fund to Leave across all local authority areas, and what support will be provided to any dependants.
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes have been acquired to date using its voids and acquisition fund, and how many additional homes it anticipates will result from the additional funding announced on 2 September 2025.
To ask the Scottish Government how many households it anticipates will be supported through the £2 million investment in Discretionary Housing Payments, and how its impact will be monitored.
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To ask the Scottish Government whether NatureScot produced an environmental impact assessment prior to its recent decision to grant licences for the release of six beaver families at two sites in the River Beauly catchment, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that welfare policies incentivise work.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports of a net loss of over 30,000 private landlords since the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it anticipated, before the passage of the legislation, could be eligible to have their convictions overturned under the Post Office (Horizon System) Offences (Scotland) Act 2024, and how that compares with to the number that it has so far identified as eligible.
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) workforce, (b) equipment and (c) IT constraints might prevent the national rollout of targeted lung cancer screening.
To ask the Scottish Government what pilots are operating for lung cancer screening, and what interim results have been reported.