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 which local authorities have applied to it under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 to designate rent pressure zones in specific areas.
To ask the First Minister by how much councils’ core budgets will change under the draft Budget.
To ask the Scottish Government what the mandatory minimum Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) level is for new home completions.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ensure that letting agents that have registered on the Letting Agent Register without a dedicated client account arrange for the account to be in place, and what the timescale is for them to comply with this.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that landlords and tenants are made aware of letting agents that are on or have been accepted for the Letting Agent Register but are operating without a dedicated client account or a client money protection policy.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to identify letting agents that are not on or have been rejected for the Letting Agent Register; what enforcement action is taken to deal with these agents, and how it ensures that existing and potential clients are made aware of them.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-18127 by Kevin Stewart on 30 August 2018, whether there are plans to regulate temporary accommodation to meet a minimum EPC rating.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it ensures that all registered letting agents correctly display their registration number.
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to assist clients that have lost money where a letting agent with no dedicated client account and/or client money protection policy has (a) used misappropriate accounting procedures or (b) gone out of business.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on permanently linking the non-domestic rates poundage to the consumer price index.