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 whether it will provide an update on the proposed closure of Lightburn Hospital.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to improve travel times on the M8, which was recently named the seventh slowest UK motorway.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Scottish Funding Council statistics showing that, in 2015-16, 8% of the Scotland-based entrants at the universities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews universities came from the 20% most-deprived areas, and how it will support more pupils from deprived areas seeking to enter higher education.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Police Authority’s appointment of a new director.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in light of a recent report that revealed that eight out of ten of the most overcrowded rail journeys in Scotland either start, end or go through Glasgow stations.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-06943 by Humza Yousaf on 22 February 2017, how the public can be confident of continuing progress of the Queen Street Station redevelopment, in light of reports that Network Rail has stated that the timetable for the project has been pushed back indefinitely.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5F-00477 by Nicola Sturgeon on 17 November 2016 (Official Report, c. 23), what steps it has taken to tackle the specific issue of online racist bullying.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its statistics showing that there was a 5% reduction over the last year, what it is doing to support the building of private housing.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to IDS Scotland statistics showing that patient targets for chronic pain service waiting times at NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde are not being met.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response to the report in the Evening Times on 29 March 2017 highlighting concerns regarding cleanliness at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.