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 whether (a) other public sector workers and (b) Police Scotland employees will be afforded the same protections in relation to whistleblowing as NHS staff.
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools are involved in the Pathways process for looked after children.
To ask the Scottish Government which schools in North Lanarkshire are involved in the Pathways process for looked after children.
To ask the Scottish Government when protections will be put in place to protect NHS whistleblowers.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that any public sector worker's correct reporting of inappropriate conduct by their employer should be protected in the same way that NHS whistleblowers are to be protected.
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Crime Campus at Gartcosh in Coatbridge and Chryston will be operational.
To ask the Scottish Government what importance it places on the provision of low vision aids.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that it has not considered over 4,000 responses to the consultation on the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill and whether it will provide an analysis of these responses to the Equal Opportunities Committee prior to it completing its stage 1 report.
To ask the Scottish Government how the £9.9 million reduction in the Clean Hospitals/MRSA Screening Programme budget in the 2014–15 draft budget will affect NHS patients; what the reason is for the reduction, and how it will affect hospitals in Lanarkshire.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to Lanarkshire hospitals following recent reports of increased mortality rates.