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 it is aware of any cases where a self-funding care home resident entitled to free personal care has lost out on their attendance allowance because the free personal care element is paid directly to the care home instead of the resident, and whether it has any plans to reform the way free personal care is administered.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that NHS Lothian has reduced its number of lactation specialists.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recommendation by NICE regarding the use of the therapy, Luxturna, to treat inherited retinal dystrophies, following a funding agreement between NHS England and Novartis, whether NHS Scotland has engaged in similar discussions to allow the Scottish Medicines Consortium to consider a similar recommendation.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and its impact on small businesses.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to extend the Empty Homes Partnership programme.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to extend the Stay in Scotland campaign to people from Turkey, already living in Scotland, under the terms of the Ankara Agreement.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that local authorities are able to provide accommodation to people in their area who are assessed as being homeless.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the actions of local authorities are compliant with legislation on homelessness.
To ask the Scottish Government what practical support is available for breastfeeding mothers.
To ask the Scottish Government how its proposed new body to oversee NHS infrastructure developments will be formed, and whether its reports will be made publicly available.