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 impact UK Government welfare policies are having on people in Scotland renting in the (a) private and (b) social sector.
To ask the Scottish Government what the top export markets are for salmon and whisky in terms of value and volume.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Scottish Water to discuss the company, Business Stream.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide to the 2018 Celtic Connections festival, and what engagements (a) ministers and (b) officials plan to undertake at the event.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the comment in The Scotsman on 31 December 2017 by the artistic director of the Celtic Connections festival that, (a) because of Brexit, (i) many international artists feel unwelcome in the UK because the country now appears "less internationalist in outlook", (ii) new entry visa requirements "would be a big logistical nightmare and financial headache" for the festival and (iii) the impact on the festival's buying power because of the fall in the value in the pound has led to a 20% reduction in the number of overseas artists attending the festival and (b) without EU-funding, "maybe a dozen shows a year in our programme" would not have happened.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Celtic Connections festival on the economy of (a) Glasgow and (b) Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body, in light of recent reports regarding harassment, what provisions are in place to protect staff and interns employed by MSPs.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to deal with sexual harassment.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement that it issued on 16 September, what its response is to the violence that took place during the independence referendum in Catalonia.