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 data it collects regarding problem gambling and (a) risks to health and (b) suicide rates.
To ask the Scottish Government what dedicated services or support it provides for problem gamblers.
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost to the economy is of inaccessible housing.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to undertake a review of building regulations related to housing in light of the finding by Leonard Cheshire Disability that many of the current standards do not meet the needs of older and disabled residents.
To ask the Scottish Government whether and, if so, how it plans to improve building regulations to meet the needs of older and disabled people.
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost to the NHS is of avoidable injuries associated with unsuitable or unadaptable housing.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people were discharged late from hospital in 2014-15 due to a lack of suitable or accessible housing.
To ask the Scottish Government how many of the lifetime homes standards are covered by Scottish building regulations.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure the provision of suitable housing for the 20,000 disabled people reportedly on local authority waiting lists.
To ask the Scottish Government whether legislation proposed by the UK Government placing a duty on private landlords to evict illegal immigrants will apply in Scotland and whether a legislative consent motion will be required to introduce this measure.