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 action it is taking to alleviate loneliness among older people.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent National Day Nurseries Association survey, which suggests that, due to reduced funding and rising business costs, half of the nurseries that responded were unlikely or unsure they would be able to offer additional free childcare hours, as proposed by the Scottish Government.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support people being released from prison into housing.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde meets its A&E waiting times target.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle the use of synthetic drugs.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage more (a) school leavers and (b) college students into apprenticeships, in light of the recent survey by Prudential that suggests that half of school leavers in Scotland say they know little about apprenticeships on offer.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to figures that suggest that there was a 40% increase in the number of unsolved sex crimes between 2013 and 2016.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to encourage healthier lifestyles for young people not in education, employment or training in light of the recent University of Glasgow study, which suggests that they are at greater risk of developing cancer-related conditions.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of (a) claims that a culture of denial exists regarding the extent of problems caused by sectarianism and (b) recommendations that a review of hate crime legislation should consider how sectarianism and sectarian incidents could be integrated into a more general approach.