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 what its response is to the report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and the Child Poverty Action Group, Poverty and Child Health, which suggested that over 40% of doctors that it surveyed had difficulty discharging children from hospital due to concerns about housing or food insecurity.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its recommendation in the maternity and neonatal services review, what steps it has taken toward leading a detailed review of neonatal transport services.
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made toward the compulsory fortification of flour with folic acid.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with trade bodies regarding its plans to update the regulations on the licensing of dog, cat and rabbit breeding and dealing.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on having a centralised database of all people involved with the breeding and selling of animals.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will encourage the uptake of all of the devolved benefits to which people might be entitled.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported concerns regarding animal welfare, what its position is on ending the sale of kittens and puppies in pet shops.
To ask the Scottish Government how the review of general practice funding, pay and expenses is taking account of unmet need and high levels of multimorbidity in areas of high deprivation.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, which of the findings of the review of the Scottish allocation formula have been implemented.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-04602 by Shona Robison on 21 November 2016, how the review that it has commissioned to review general practice funding, pay and expenses will be informed by the review of the Scottish allocation formula.