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 the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy will instruct the Grangemouth Future Industry Board to appoint representatives from (a) Petroineos Grangemouth, (b) Unite the Union and (c) local businesses.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-22701 by Christina McKelvie on 10 November 2023, how many times the Culture Conveners group, which it co-chairs along with COSLA, has met since January 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23500 by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023, how it expects that regional leads for early years speech and language will work with regional improvement collaboratives.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of animal cruelty have been reported to the police in each of the last 10 years, and, of these cases, how many resulted in a (a) prosecution and (b) conviction.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a timetable for the next steps regarding the development of a Percentage for the Arts scheme, as set out in A Culture Strategy for Scotland: Action Plan.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with (a) Petroineos Grangemouth, (b) Unite the Union, (c) Falkirk Council and (d) other relevant stakeholders regarding the reported need to secure £60-80 million investment in the hydrocracker at Petroineos Grangemouth in order to extend the life of the oil refinery beyond 2025.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of Scottish Water’s leakage rate, as a proportion of the water put into supply, in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next assess the priority status of funding for proposed flood mitigation measures in Dundee.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any progress on the development of the Natural Capital Market Framework announced in its Programme for Government 2023-24; what consultation has taken place on this to date; what further consultation is planned on the proposed contents of the framework, and who it plans to consult.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether retaining the oil refinery operations at Petroineos Grangemouth is one of its strategic policy objectives, in light of reports that retaining this element of the business would reflect the importance of the site as a national economic asset.