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.
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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To ask the Scottish Executive what support it offers public libraries to help them to encourage their use by (a) pupils and (b) schools.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will introduce an education rights and responsibilities bill and what stakeholders will be consulted.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made toward eradicating illiteracy and innumeracy since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made in establishing a standing commission on literacy.
To ask the Scottish Executive what support there is for initiatives such as nurture classes.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made on encouraging pupils and schools to use the public library network.
To ask the Scottish Executive what progress has been made toward merging Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education and Learning and Teaching Scotland; when the merger will be completed, and how much money will be saved as a result of the merger.
To ask the Scottish Executive what discussions it has had with the Scottish Futures Trust regarding delivering greener schools in terms of (a) construction and (b) design.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it ensures that the Educational Maintenance Allowance takes account of the needs of young carers.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it will take to introduce the European Union 1+2 model in schools in this parliamentary session.