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, in light of the Planning (Scotland) Bill legislating to merge Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) into the National Planning Framework 4, when the next SPP review will commence, and what the timescale will be for consultation, consideration and implementation.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-23649 by Jeane Freeman on 19 June 2019, how many NHS staff have been employed on (a) full- and (b) part-time contracts in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government how many temporary ward closures there have been due to staff shortages in each year since 1999, broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage natural prescribing.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the addition of fluoride to the public water supply.
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings ministers have had with private healthcare providers in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review the support provided to parents of babies and children with heart conditions and the provision of cardiac liaison nurses.
To ask the Scottish Government how many GP practices were closed to new patient registrations in each NHS board area in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have attended minor ailment services in each year since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been awarded to the third sector to provide drug and alcohol services in each year since 2007.