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 whether ministers set a requirement for the Scottish Futures Trust to have a geographical spread of tax incremental financing pilot projects and, if so, what that spread was.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with the administration of Aberdeen City Council prior to May 2012 regarding the council's tax incremental financing application.
To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have met the chief executive or other senior representatives of the Health and Safety Executive since 2007 to discuss matters affecting the energy industry in Scotland, given the potential impact on costs and employment, when the last meeting took place; what issues were discussed, and whether ministers will hold regular such meetings.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with universities and colleges in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire regarding the creation of an energy skills academy in Aberdeen.
To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have met the chief executive or other senior representatives of the Health and Safety Executive since 2007 to discuss matters affecting the offshore oil and gas industry, given the potential impact on costs and employment in Scotland-based companies supplying the industry, when the last meeting took place; what issues were discussed, and whether ministers will hold regular such meetings.
To ask the First Minister what the purpose is of the Scottish Government's proposed changes to criminal legal aid.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has prioritised retrospective checks on enhanced disclosure certificates of staff from certain organisations and, if so, what organisations.
To ask the Scottish Government how many enhanced disclosure certificates are expected to require retrospective checks after 29 October 2012.
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) Disclosure Scotland or (b) police forces has/have requested additional resources for Force Disclosure Units ahead of the introduction of retrospective checks on enhanced disclosure certificates on 29 October 2012.
To ask the Scottish Government whether Disclosure Scotland has set a target date for the completion of all retrospective checks on enhanced disclosure certificates and, if so, what date.