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 how much (a) Abellio ScotRail and (b) Serco Caledonian Sleeper will receive in management fees for the initial Emergency Measures Agreement period, and whether the operators are permitted to pay a dividend from the fee.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in increasing the proportion of young (a) women, and (b) men taking up places on public boards.
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of people who are appointed to public boards, and categorised as a "woman," also have the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, as set out in the Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in increasing the proportion of (a) women, and (b) men with trade union and workplace representative experience who are appointed to public bodies.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the creation of supply chain jobs from carbon, capture, usage and storage projects off Scotland’s coastline.
To ask the Scottish Government, to improve understanding of women's experiences of the health and care system, whether it will consider a similar approach to the UK Government, which has issued a call for evidence on this as part of its new women's health strategy.
To ask the Scottish Government when the Ministerial Working Group on Food will provide an update on the Statement of Policy on Food, and how it will ensure the maximum level of stakeholder engagement in the development and implementation of a national food policy.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the cost of extending free bus travel to people in receipt of benefits because of a low income, including universal credit.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made with the review of the extension of free bus travel to under-26s.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the cost of extending free bus travel to under-26s.