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 whether a site can be designated as a (a) site of special scientific interest and (b) special protection area without the approval of the Scottish Ministers.
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government plans to implement a wage rise for NHS workers in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-16862 by Alex Neil on 18 September 2013, how many new programmes have been funded since 1 January 2010.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to introduce the road equivalent tariff scheme for all vehicles using (a) south west and (b) Clyde services.
To ask the Scottish Government how much it would cost to reinstate the road equivalent tariff scheme for all vehicles using Western Isles services.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all schools have adequate internet connections.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that it complies with a requirement to meet the public interest when the matters to be considered in doing so are not laid out in the relevant legislation.
To ask the Scottish Government whether legislation that contains a requirement to meet the public interest specifies the matters to be considered in order to do so.
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) diagnoses of and (b) deaths from cervical cancer there have been in each of the last five years, also broken down by NHS board.
To ask the Scottish Government what ongoing research programmes have received funding of more than £500,000 from the Chief Scientist Office since 2009.