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, in light of the forthcoming ban on the burning of plastics on farms, what contingency plans it has should the market approach to recycling farm plastic not work.
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to support mountain rescue teams.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy on 13 September 2018 (Official Report, c. 45) that there is a “commitment to providing legislation to underpin Scotland’s status as a good food nation”, whether this legislation is included in the Programme for Government and, if not, (a) when it will be introduced and (b) whether it will provide details of what it will consist of.
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use when allocating fishing opportunities (a) in 2019 and (b) following the Brexit transition period.
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on the relationship between the Planning (Scotland) Bill, and the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to ensure that all historic complaints of harassment within its workplace are properly investigated and dealt with.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has applied to the EU for a derogation from state aid rules regarding support for the Skye and Lochalsh Micro Abattoir Project and, if so, what the outcome was.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support tourism on Skye.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to roll-out the Scottish Scenic Routes initiative to other areas of the Highlands and Islands following previous pilot schemes, and for each of the pilot areas, what (a) route they covered, (b) their budget was and (c) the outcome of the pilot was.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to investigate the financing of the Calmac vessel, MV Loch Seaforth, which is now owned by Lloyds Banking Group after a lease deal was agreed at a reported cost to the public purse of £53 million.