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, further to the answer to question S4W-26769 by Michael Matheson on 17 August 2015, whether it considers that the expense incurred by people having to travel to other islands or the mainland to get affidavit administration because they cannot access this on the island where they live is consistent with its policy objective of seeking to support and maintain island populations, and what the reason is for its position is on this matter.
To ask the Scottish Government how many outbreaks of food poisoning have been reported by staff on Caledonian MacBrayne vessels in the last three years and what actions were taken as a result.
To ask the Scottish Government how many outbreaks of the winter vomiting virus have been reported on Caledonian MacBrayne vessels in the last three years and how many vessels have been withdrawn from service for deep cleaning as a result.
To ask the Scottish Government how many sailings on the Kennacraig/Islay route have operated carrying less than the full vehicle capacity since 1 April 2015 and how many of these were notified as full to prospective travellers with vehicles at any time prior to the vessel leaving the departure port.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cancellations there have been on Caledonian MacBrayne's (a) Kennacraig/Islay and (b) Oban/Colonsay route in 2015, broken down by reason for cancellation and compared with (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct Scottish Natural Heritage to review the action that has been taken to control or eliminate giant hogweed.
To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement action has been taken by (a) Scottish Natural Heritage and (b) other bodies in the last 12 months regarding the (i) existence and (ii) spread of giant hogweed.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people have been injured because of exposure to the sap of giant hogweed in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment Scottish Natural Heritage has made of the efforts of (a) local authorities, (b) the Scottish Ministers and (c) private landowners to control or eliminate giant hogweed.
To ask the Scottish Government how many crew members on each Caledonian MacBrayne vessel live in the postcode area (a) from which it departs or (b) where it arrives.