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 will address the concerns raised in the 2020 Insights report, Spoken Language Interpreters in Social Work, in particular those regarding (a) shortages of skilled interpreters and (b) the ad hoc nature of the service in place to support clients.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the ability of small companies to adapt their online shops to (a) charge deposits and (b) provide a takeback service under the Deposit Return Scheme.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the publication of a draft international ecocide law and whether it plans to take action to incorporate the crime of ecocide into law.
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) encouragement and (b) support it offers local authorities to (i) plant trees and (ii) develop green spaces on gap/brownfield sites.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it will cost registered social landlords to implement the Energy Efficiency Standard for Social Housing Two, and what funding support it will provide toward this.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to ensure that workers who are travelling to Norway, and who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, are not unnecessarily required to quarantine.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) children and (b) adults have been diagnosed with self-harming issues in each year since 2007, also broken down by NHS board area.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reported shortage of building supplies, and the impact that this may have on different sectors of the economy.
To ask the Scottish Government how many Best Start payments have been made in each local authority area.
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on the establishment of Social Security Scotland in each year since its inception.