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 what steps it has taken in the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill to prevent the third-party sale of fireworks to non-licence-holders.
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of land that is owned by each local authority is currently lying unused (a) with and (b) without planning applications pending.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to gather data on restraint practices applied to care-experienced children while being securely transported.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will undertake research into the impacts of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compound (NMVOC) emissions from Scotch whisky maturation, as indicated by the Environment and Forestry Directorate.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6W-03524 and S6W-03525 by Mairi McAllan on 26 October and 20 October 2021 respectively, what progress has been made on the wide-ranging consultation to be carried out in 2022 regarding the proposed Land Reform Bill; which stakeholders have been involved to date, and how wider public engagement will be achieved during the remainder of 2022.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the risk of multiple people per household applying for a fireworks licence following the introduction of the provisions in the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Bill.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on making it possible for communities to take ownership of unproductive land for projects that contribute to climate action, in light of the recommendation by Scotland's Climate Assembly.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Lynx to Scotland project report.
To ask the Scottish Government how much was distributed through the Recycling Improvement Fund in the financial year 2021-22.
To ask the Scottish Government what its most recent estimates are for how many children in the East Kilbride constituency are receiving support from (a) the Scottish Child Payment and (b) Best Start Grants.