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 whether Unique Property Reference Numbers were used during Storm Arwen to locate people who are identified on the vulnerable persons list, and, if not, for what reason.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the roll-out of the PAS 2035 standard.
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities, emergency services, and energy and connectivity suppliers will be permitted to share vulnerable people's contact information to facilitate the provision of support to those people in times of emergencies, such as during the response to Storm Arwen.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what resilience planning is required by Scottish Water for events such as Storm Arwen to ensure that there are generators for pumping stations.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the National Centre for Resilience will undertake a review of Storm Arwen.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support NHS and social care recruitment in rural areas.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures are in place to ensure that women feel safe in their local areas.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to run educational sessions for men in order to try and stop violence towards women.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it is taking to ensure that businesses that did not qualify for business funding support, made available in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2021 will be eligible for such support in 2022.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) boarding kennels and (b) other businesses that rely on the travel industry will be eligible for business funding support, made available in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in 2022.