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 how it will ensure that women who are pregnant following the death of a baby are able to access promptly the continuity of carer model as it rolls out in their local midwifery service.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce legally binding targets for nature recovery.
To ask the Scottish Government how many heat-related deaths have been recorded in each of the last 10 years and, in light of the impact of climate change, what (a) action it is taking to heat-proof (i) residential properties and (ii) care homes and (b) resources are available to protect homeless people from heat-related illness, including during heatwaves.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it accepts the 12 recommendations made in the HMICS report, Assurance review of Police Scotland demand analysis and management, and what action it plans to take to make planning improvements ahead of COP26.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce the use of single-use plastic in medical settings.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out or plans to carry out of the issue of microplastics originating from hospital laundrettes being found in the ocean.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the eligibility criteria that were required for businesses to be awarded Scottish Enterprise funding as part of the green jobs call, which closed on 1 July 2021.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to compensate the tourism industry as a result of ferry disruption.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has carried out environmental assessments of the businesses that are benefitting from its procurement spend on COP-26.
To ask the Scottish Government how much of its procurement budget for COP-26 has been spent on businesses outside of Scotland.