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 what its position is on removing the ban on the sale of raw milk.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is smoking in bothies, and whether it will consider amending the Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Premises (Scotland) Regulations 2006 to include these in the list of no-smoking premises.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17582 by Jeane Freeman on 23 July 2018, in light of protective clothing not being available on prescription for people with the rare skin disorder Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), whether it will answer the question that was asked and set out the process to request clothing, such as Protex Elle UV protective gloves, approved by the specialist XP clinical team at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, to be made available on prescription for patients with this condition and other extreme UV conditions/diseases.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to increase funding in rural areas for multi-weather pitches.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing additional funding for addiction services in the NHS Grampian area.
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction rates are in each NHS board area, and what action is being taken by each board to reduce these.
To ask the Scottish Government what support is offered to drug partnerships in the NHS Grampian area to improve addiction treatment and aftercare.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the suggestion in the Microsegmentation Project, which it funded through Scottish Autism, what its position is on the microsegmentation of the autism spectrum, and what the recognised qualifications are for each microsegment.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to prevent fly tipping of materials that contain asbestos, and how much it has cost since May 2016 to remove materials that have been fly tipped.
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to reach its targets for the treatment of stroke patients; what measures are being taken to give quality care to patients post-stroke, and what its response is to concerns that stroke survivors in Scotland may have received better care had they lived in England.