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 work has been done to increase standardisation of ferries, since the publication of its Infrastructure Investment Plan for Scotland 2021-22 to 2025-26.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Cal Mac Ferries regarding the Arran ferry timetable.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what ScotRail contracts with Abellio will continue once its franchise has concluded.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent consultations it has held with stakeholders regarding the Arran ferry timetable.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2022 and Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2022 being approved, whether overall responsibility for oversight of businesses in the short-term letting sector will (a) move to its Housing and Social Justice Directorate and (b) remain within the overall responsibility of the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the Economy.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to distribute the 2022-23 Housing Supply - Financial Transactions (Expenditure) among (a) the Open Market Shared Equity scheme, (b) mid-market rent projects, (c) charitable bonds and (d) other uses.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote awareness of the Tenant Hardship Loan Fund.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-00316 by Shona Robison on 3 November 2021, what the (a) name and (b) purpose is of the short life working group; where its minutes are published; how many times it has met, and what the findings of the group are.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Skills to the Education, Children and Young People Committee on 28 January 2022, how many classes it anticipates will “relocate to alternative spaces while alternative, longer-term measures are put in place”; whether it will update the Parliament on the number of classrooms that are taken out of use on this basis, and whether it has assessed how many alternative spaces are available.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it can take to raise standards in the construction industry to protect consumers.