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 by what date in Spring 2021 a new corridor for the Rest and Be Thankful will be agreed and announced.
To ask the Scottish Government how long after a preferred new corridor for the Rest and Be Thankful has been agreed and announced, a full timetable for the replacement of the Rest and Be Thankful will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to protect jobs in the Highlands and Islands.
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what measures have been put in place to allow Members and their staff to pack up their offices before the election recess.
To ask the Scottish Government, whether the daily COVID-19 figures for The Highland Council area are combined with those for the Argyll and Bute Council area; what the reasons are for its position on this matter, and what its position is on whether it would be more informative and reassuring to people in both council areas if these figures were provided separately.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding changing the ringfence criteria concerning the sectoral funds distributed by local authorities.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to build and protect community resilience and wealth from corporate purchases of land in the Highlands and Islands for the purpose of carbon-offsetting.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that communities in the Highlands and Islands will be guaranteed a stake in owning and managing land for the purpose of rewilding and carbon-offsetting.
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided in relation to public sector investment net present value calculations, to account for carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from investment.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that ensuring that communities benefit from public expenditure on land management practises and land uses that (a) contributes to climate heating mitigation and adaptation and (b) secures the local retention of income, is a core part of ensuring a just transition to net zero carbon emissions.