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 progress it has made in the programme for developing national cancer quality performance indicators for specific cancer types.
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it has made for the impact on housing of demographic change, in light of the Finance Committee’s recent report, Demographic change and an ageing population.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that private companies contracted by Transport Scotland honour agreements that it has with recognised trade unions.
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on the use of offshore tax havens by companies (a) bidding for or (b) contracted to run public services in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what its policy is on the use of zero-hours contracts by private companies contracted by it to provide public services.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it holds regular discussions with the UK Government regarding the tax arrangements of companies bidding to provide public services in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of NHS Lanarkshire and what issues were discussed.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it discussed ferry passenger fare levels with Serco before the announcement of fare rises on the Northern Isles routes from January 2013.
To ask the Scottish Government what estimates have been made of the revenues from (a) passenger and (b) freight fares on ferry Northern Isles ferry services in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16, (v) 2016-17 and (vi) 2017-18.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of Serco’s decision to reduce staffing on Northern Isles ferry services and whether it will seek to discuss the decision with (a) trade unions and (b) Serco.