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 when it will introduce legislation to make it an offence to park on pavements.
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to expediting the roll-out of superfast broadband to residents in areas with a commercial presence but whose individual premises are considered not commercially viable for delivery due to being too far from cabinets, and whether such residents can expect interim support prior to the implementation of the new Open Market Review.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09882 by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2012, whether it will provide an update on the figures showing annual deaths from silicosis and related diseases, setting out what those related diseases are.
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of NHS patients who require a complex optical prescription lens is entitled to funding towards the cost of their prescription.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider funding in full complex optical prescription lenses through the NHS.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09882 by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2012, what advice is available to construction companies operating in Scotland, and their workers, regarding the health dangers of crystalline silica dust.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-09882 by Michael Matheson on 23 October 2012, what legislation there is that protects construction workers from the health risks of crystalline silica dust.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will take following the recent report on the performance of the Borders Railway.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to minimise occurrences of the incidental entanglement of cetaceans in fishing nets and to promote effective disentanglement that protects both the animal and fishing equipment where this occurs.
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing with fishing communities to minimise the equipment damage and animal injury caused by incidental catches of cetaceans in nets.