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 whether the NHS is phasing out gluten-free staples on prescription for people with coeliac disease and, if so, whether it has considered other means of providing financial help.
To ask the Scottish Government, in cases where the European Court of Human Rights rules against the Scottish Government on human rights issues and miscarriages of justice, what measures it is taking to (a) avoid further instances and (b) protect the human rights of people wrongly accused or convicted of serious crimes.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-05886 by John Swinney on 19 January 2017, for what reason the chief executive of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) has not provided the information that was requested regarding what action is being taking to reduce the risk of human error arising from the digitised scanning of exam papers; what action it took to ensure that this information would be provided by the chief executive timeously and, in light of the SQA being accountable to it, whether it will publish the chief executive’s response in the answer.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Scottish Assessors Association should provide the businesses that it assesses with access to the data that it uses to reach its “percentages to NAV” calculations.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Scottish Assessors Association should assess smaller hotels and inns in rural areas on the turnover derived from various elements of the business rather than the model that it uses for larger chains.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that small businesses that invest in improving their properties are being penalised by increased business rates.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports of a six-week waiting time for some non-emergency appointments in the north east and what action it is taking to minimise waiting times at GP surgeries in the area.
To ask the Scottish Government how much planned investment it has to further develop wind farms across the north east.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans the NHS has to review its method of (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment for Lyme disease.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to raise awareness of Lyme disease, in light of the reported increase in the number of cases.