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 it ensures that any significant environmental effects that might result from the construction of tracks for (a) agricultural, (b) forestry and (c) other purposes are considered before construction takes place.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the cumulative effect of projects are taken into account when considering the need for environmental impact assessment of agricultural and forestry projects.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the environmental effects that arise from forestry and agricultural projects are adequately assessed.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that consultation is carried out with the public affected or likely to be affected by agricultural or forestry projects for which environmental impact assessments are required.
To ask the Scottish Government when the research it commissioned on the impact of removing road equivalent tariff for commercial vehicles on routes between the mainland and the Western Isles, Coll and Tiree was completed and on what date it will publish the findings.
To ask the Scottish Government how it calculates future oil revenues.
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of 16 to 64-year-olds have received job-related training in each of the last (a) three months and (b) four years, broken down (i) gender and (ii) local authority.
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of 16 to 64-year-olds have been employed in each local authority area in each of the last four years, also broken down by (a) gender and (b) qualification level.
To ask the Scottish Government how many and what percentage of properties there are in each council tax band.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the commitment made by the Scottish Executive Rural Affairs Department in 1999 to "take account of the local community perspective when considering offers for sporting rights on the Scottish Ministers' Estates" is still in force.