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 what role sports clubs and leisure centres play in maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that schools are safe environments for pupils.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent meetings it has held with cycle groups regarding the preferred new road layout proposed for the Sheriffhall Roundabout and what was discussed.
To ask the Scottish Government what role sport has in attracting tourism to Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government how the performance of the economy is affected by the property market.
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides for churches to make their buildings more energy-efficient.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09973 by Aileen Campbell on 28 June 2017, whether it considers that section 7(1) of the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006, which suggests that the nearest relative of a deceased adult can still authorise the use of organs for transplantation in cases where they did not know the person’s wishes, can be considered as a form of “soft opt-out”.
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging points there are at service stations on the M8.
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure “on protection” prisoners have the same possibility of movement in prisons as other prisoners.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reportedly high level of staff absences at HMP Edinburgh.