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 Executive, following the introduction of the European Commission's electronic identification system, whether sheep farmers will have to keep paper records of their flock.
To ask the Scottish Executive how the forthcoming national strategy on housing for older people will seek to increase the supply of retirement accommodation across all tenures.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether the National Health Service (General Medical Services Contracts) (Scotland) Regulations 2004 allow health practices to dispense drugs to patients who reside within 2.5 miles of a local pharmacy and, if not, whether it plans to amend these regulations to allow them to do so.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-39155 by Keith Brown on 11 February 2011, when work will commence on the (a) Hardgrove to Kinmount and (b) Dunragit Bypass A75 improvements.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what (a) horticultural and (b) other commercial peat extraction sites are operational.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many and what planning consents have been issued for (a) horticultural or (b) other commercial peat extraction in the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Executive what the (a) average and (b) fatal accident rate was for the A75 in (i) 2007, (ii) 2008, (iii) 2009 and (iv) 2010.
To ask the Scottish Executive what steps it has taken to restore a passenger element to the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has had discussions with any organisations regarding the replacement of DFDS as the operator of the Rosyth to Zeebrugge ferry service in the last 12 months.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will revise its policy on the extraction of peat for (a) horticultural and (b) other commercial uses in the light of the UK Government’s recent commitment to reduce the use of peat in horticulture to zero by 2030.