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 how it and its enterprise agencies determine whether companies that have been linked to breaches of international humanitarian law can be excluded from receiving grants.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the effectiveness of the system of traffic regulation orders.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the human rights checks that are carried out by Scottish Enterprise when determining whether to issue a grant, including the guidance that is issued to the agency's staff when completing these.
To ask the Scottish Government how the "pipeline of investment propositions backed by clear information about the timing and nature of renewable energy opportunities", as set out in its Green Industrial Strategy, is currently recorded and monitored.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on whether there is a link between 16- to 24-year-olds who are unemployed due to long-term sickness and their levels of mental ill health.
To ask the Scottish Government how often SEPA reviews the areas that it designates as potentially vulnerable to flooding, and whether it can provide details of these reviews.
To ask the Scottish Government, since the beginning of 2022, how many meetings it has held with representatives of (a) environmental and conservation organisations and (b) the fishing industry to discuss Marine Protected Areas.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to monitor compliance by NHS Forth Valley with Health and Safety Executive improvement notices issued in relation to ligature risks.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve access to early-stage funding for startups, particularly those based outside of Edinburgh and Glasgow.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received any forecasts or economic modelling regarding the projected impact of the proposed US tariffs on jobs and business turnover in Scotland.