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 how many charging points and bays under the ChargePlace Scotland scheme have been installed in each local authority area, also broken down by the average number installed each month.
To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages the higher education sector to promote sustainability across undergraduate courses.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how it promotes recycling to people from ethnic minorities.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Skills Development Scotland's progress towards establishing a zero waste skills academy.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to (a) review and (b) regulate speculative land purchasing practices to obtain planning permission on greenbelt and agricultural land.
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out on the long-term value of resource efficient building in the housing sector.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government whether timber value chain co-products will be one of the three main feedstock areas to have a feasibility study, based on previous technological appraisals, as outlined in The Biorefinery Roadmap for Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what modelling it has undertaken of maximising solar energy capture in new housing developments to assess the potential (a) financial benefits to homeowners and (b) wider economic and societal benefits.
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging points have been included in new housing developments since its Scottish Planning Policy was published in 2014.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns that the maximum penalties under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 for causing unnecessary suffering are not sufficient.