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 plans to propose any updates to the Prudential Code in relation to local authorities' financing of costs incurred under public private partnerships (PPPs), including any requirements regarding transparency.
To ask the Scottish Government what strategies it has put in place to ensure that local authorities have the in-house capability and capacity to identify current and future community needs and infrastructure requirements.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will develop a strategy to tackle so-called pensioner poverty that includes statutory targets.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the research carried out by the Labour Research Department for the TUC, STUC and the UK All-party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health, which found that (a) 695 premises owned by NHS Scotland and (b) 100% of premises for which NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is the duty holder, contain asbestos.
To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with local authorities about reporting on current public private partnership (PPP) commitments as part of annual budget setting.
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to ensure that the Scottish National Investment Bank invests in public infrastructure as a means of advancing broader societal goals and leading the transition to net zero.
To ask the Scottish Government what alternatives it has explored to the mutual investment model (MIM) for the purpose of infrastructure investment in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to remove any asbestos from NHS Scotland premises.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on putting the mutual investment model (MIM) into active use in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve documentation and reporting on the use of private finance in infrastructure projects.