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 deliver high speed rail, and whether it has undertaken any consultation on the viability of a Maglev system in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will implement the terms of motion S5M-06126 as amended (Freedom of Information Requests), which was agreed to on 21 June 2017, and, if so, (a) when and (b) what specific action it will take.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that more than half of school leavers did not have a key maths qualification in 2015-16.
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it contacted the European Commission to request an extension to the 30 June 2017 deadline for common agriculture policy (CAP) payments.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the economic benefits that the HS2 rail line could bring to Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help develop the video game industry.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making with each of its targets set out in Realising Scotland's full potential in a digital world: A Digital Strategy for Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what its strategy is for maximising digital growth for cities and regions that are in receipt of local deals from the UK Government.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the action point set out in Realising Scotland's full potential in a digital world: A Digital Strategy for Scotland, what (a) its expansion plans are for the Digital Boost programme, (b) improvements it plans to make to the current measures used in the Digital Economy Maturity Index, (c) its plans are to promote the uptake of "cyber essentials" as a baseline standard to support the digital security of all organisations and (d) new support it will provide to the Creative Industries Partnership.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand the number of aviation routes from Scottish airports.