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 how many classroom ventilation inspections were carried out before schools started the October 2021 holidays.
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the time taken to complete a fatal accident inquiry into the death in custody of a young person, what is (a) the average time taken and (b) the longest time taken in each of the past five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage (a) of sheep flocks being inspected have to undertake a full flock head count and (b) of full flock head counts undertaken in each of the last five years relate to inspections carried out in Shetland.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government's Heat and Buildings Strategy aiming to ensure that heat pumps cost the same as fossil fuel boilers by 2030, whether it plans to set out a similar ambition and route to achievement of equalisation of cost by 2030, and, if so, when it will do so.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been convicted of drink spiking in each of the past five years.
To ask the Scottish Government within what timeframe it anticipates its Retail Strategy will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what consideration it is giving to reinstating passengers to the Edinburgh South Suburban railway line.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many female butchers there are in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how many acute beds are currently available in the NHS, broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has provided to North Ayrshire Council for the construction of new council housing in each year from 2011-2012 to 2021-22, and how much it will provide in each year from 2022-23 to 2025-26.