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 work it has carried out to define eligibility criteria for concessionary travel for carers, and what those criteria are.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown by operational area of the allocation of specialised equipment for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for the last five years, and what representations ministers have made to allocate specialised equipment to particular operational areas during the same period.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the proposed introduction by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service of tactical response vehicles.
To ask the Scottish Government what it considers to be the minimum safe deployment of Scottish Fire and Rescue Service aerial ladder platforms in each operational area.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the agreement between the Scottish Fire Brigades Union and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service of sending a minimum of nine firefighters and two fire engines to house fire incidents.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the consistent use of the five-year land supply methodology found in table 1 of the Scottish Government's Draft Planning Delivery Advice: Housing and Infrastructure throughout the planning and appeals processes.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division regarding the adoption and application of a consistent methodology in calculating housing and land supply in appeals processes.
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the Cabinet Subcommittee on Climate Change; how often the subcommittee meets; whether it will publish the (a) minutes and (b) action points of the subcommittee's meetings; what the subcommittee's priorities are for 2017-18, and how the subcommittee (i) has influenced and (ii) will influence the (A) Climate Change Plan and (B) Energy Strategy.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body whether it plans to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the provision of care to children under the Public Services Reform (Scotland) Act 2010 can consist of educational activities.