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 support it offers to voluntary playgroups to assist in recruiting specialised and experienced staff.
To ask the Scottish Government what programmes the NHS provides that offer exercise and nutritional advice to tackle (a) obesity, (b) type 2 diabetes and (c) other medical conditions.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Scottish Assessors Association has proposed merging the seven main categories for the valuation of hotels in 2010 to three in 2017, and what its position is on concerns that AA ratings are becoming less significant in this process.
To ask the Scottish Government what legal recourse is available to cyclists who have been involved in accidents with motor vehicles that do not lead to injury.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on it being considered not in the public interest to prosecute motorists who are involved in accidents with cyclists that do not lead to injury.
To ask the Scottish Government what programmes the NHS provides to help older people stay active.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) environmental experts, broken down by specialism, (b) chartered landscape architects, (c) planners and (d) solicitors are used by its Energy Consents Unit to assess section 36 and 37 applications under the Electricity Act 1989.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route (AWPR) contractor is responsible for contractual penalties or liquidated damages in the event of a failure to complete the project on time and, if so, whether sums recovered by the Scottish Government will be reinvested in the local area.
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.