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 discussions it has had with Quintiles regarding the possible relocation of jobs from Livingston.
To ask the Scottish Government how often the cancer patient experience survey is carried out and what plans it has to increase the frequency of this.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the possible impact on jobs in Scotland, what its position is on the proposed takeover of Sky by Fox News and whether it considers that there should be an inquiry into the proposal by OFCOM and the competition authorities.
To ask the Scottish Government, what actions it has taken to investigate concerns raised by the UCATT trade union relating to reports of wage exploitation of migrant construction workers on the Forth Replacement Crossing project.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will immediately implement the pay audit called for by the UCATT trade union in relation to the Forth Replacement Crossing, in light of the reports concerning a subcontractor engaging migrant workers.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all of the investors in the (a) Aberdeen Western Peripheral Route, (b) new Dumfries hospital, (c) new Royal Edinburgh Hospital and (d) new Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service headquarters project, also broken down by the level of investment.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of information provided by the UCATT trade union concerning the actions of employers on flagship public infrastructure projects, including denial of trade union access to speak freely to workers and wage exploitation of migrant workers, what its position is on the effectiveness of its fair work policy.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to recent incidents that have been reported involving construction workers on the Forth Replacement Crossing, including the arrest of workers brought to Scotland illegally and the underpayment of migrant workers by a subcontractor on the project.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that victims in Scotland of unethical undercover policing have access to justice.
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been diagnosed with (a) malnutrition and (b) conditions associated with malnutrition in each of the last 10 years.