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 what plans it has to increase the active travel budget, and what percentage of people facing transport poverty this increase would support.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the work that CalMac identified in 2015 as being required, what improvements there have been to (a) the ferry fleet and (b) harbours.
To ask the Scottish Government what the highest wind level is that Scotland's ferries are permitted to operate in.
To ask the Scottish Government how many collisions there were on trunk roads in (a) the last quarter and (b) winter 2016-17.
To ask the Scottish Government how many trains were (a) delayed and (b) cancelled in each of that the last two quarters.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to introduce the public sector obligation on the Benbecula-Glasgow air service.
To ask the Scottish Government what minimum volume of grit it advises local authorities to have in preparation for the winter weather, and what its response is to reports that Dundee City Council has significantly reduced its supply.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the country's gas supply in each of the last 10 years was imported; how much this cost, and what the estimated figures are for each of the next 10 years.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on road grit each winter since 2006-07, and how much it plans to spend in winter 2017-18.
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it has made to be ready for heavy snowfall on roads over winter 2017-18, including what resources it has allocated to deal with this.