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 Government, in light of several local authorities suspending or delaying recycling collection, what support it will be providing to ensure that all local authorities can protect workers while maintaining recycling services, to prevent recyclable materials ending up in landfill.
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the suspension of the plastic bag levy might have on charitable donations.
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its full response to the Cleaner Air for Scotland review recommendations.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the COVID-19 outbreak, what assessment it has made of the number of households that might require emergency provision through the Food Fund; what proportion of these households are accessing this; what action it is taking to contact those that have not, and what plans it has to assess and report on the effectiveness of the Fund.
To ask the Scottish Government how many vehicle trips it estimates have been made on each day since 9 March 2020, broken down by the percentage of vehicles making these trips that it estimates travelled above the speed limit.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of vulnerable children are continuing to attend critical provision for school and early learning during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance is available for the community resources sector during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to speed up the filling of void council housing during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government what powers it has to compel supermarkets to use home delivery services only for vulnerable and isolating households during the COVID-19 outbreak.
To ask the Scottish Government what impact COVID-19 restrictions will have on raptor monitoring and persecution levels.