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.
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken regarding any barriers preventing BAME people from (a) accessing mental health services and (b) understanding and communicating their own mental health.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the reported backlog of NHS operations.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports regarding deaths and people getting into difficulty in the water, what plans it has to review the funding arrangements for the park rangers of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to support new entrants to the agriculture sector.
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the business sector regarding the current COVID-19 regulations.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether planning regulations need reforming, and what its response is to reports of decisions by East Dunbartonshire Council being overturned by Ministers, leading to pressure on local infrastructure and loss of greenbelt land.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Audit Scotland report, which highlighted that the gap between colleges funding and expenditure has grown to £54 million.