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 what action it is taking in response to reports that private rents in Scotland are increasing at a faster rate than in central London.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to ensure that school pupils with learning difficulties receive adequate support.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take in light of the recent report by National Records of Scotland, Life Expectancy in Scottish Areas, which found that life expectancy in Scotland is lower than anywhere else in the UK, and that Glasgow has the lowest life expectancy rate of the whole UK.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to monitor and improve air quality in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to offset the loss of retail jobs, in light of recent figures from the Scottish Retail Consortium, which show that 4,630 retail workers have lost their jobs since 2014.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will tackle the reported shortage of mental health beds in Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that local authorities can deal effectively with emergency cases of homelessness outwith office hours and in a way that does not rely on the person having access to the internet or a phone line.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03390 by Maureen Watt on 31 October 2016, what the outcome was of the assessment on reducing waiting time for diagnosing children, and whether it will consider setting a waiting times target for this.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to move its staff and departments away from the major cities.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had or plans with the T in the Park organisers regarding the future of the event, including its possible relocation to Glasgow.