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To ask the Scottish Government by what date the draft guidance by Scottish Forestry on the ploughing of carbon-rich soils will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out on the carbon release impact of different techniques of forestation work.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on extending the use of recorded warnings from the possession of small amounts of cannabis to the possession of small amounts of all drugs controlled under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
To ask the Scottish Government, with regard to school inspections, what measures it has put in place to assess learning support facilities, and more specifically, autism and additional needs provision.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the public are aware that NHS services are fully functioning and that health concerns therefore can and should be acted upon despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken within secondary schools to raise awareness of suicide prevention and the availability of mental health support.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is gathering data to determine the impact of long COVID on education.
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out on the impact of forestry on soils.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to help parents of autistic children with (a) home learning and (b) the return to physical education.
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To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00828 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, what impact the UK Government’s proposals for (a) subsidy control mechanisms and (b) competition law might have on the work to make the Road Equivalent Tariff subsidy available to Pentland Ferries’ private routes across the Pentland Firth.