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 information it has regarding how many evictions there have been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by reason for eviction.
To ask the Scottish Government how many suicides have been recorded in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age and (b) gender.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding what the average private sector rent has been in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people have presented themselves at foodbanks in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-00491 by Shona Robison on 16 June 2016, what communication it has had with the (a) Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and (b) UK Government regarding action that is being taken to ensure that counterfeit medical products and medicines are not being used in the NHS.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of counterfeit medical products and medicines that have been seized in the last 10 years.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that cotton purchased by public services is sourced from fairtrade providers.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to ban the use of e-cigarettes in enclosed public spaces.
To ask the Scottish Government what the full remit is of the review that it announced in its news release of 22 September 2016, HMICS review into undercover policing; who drafted the remit; which stakeholders were consulted; whether the review will examine the role of officers from Police Scotland and its predecessor constabularies when working undercover in conjunction with other jurisdictions, and, in light of the Pitchford Inquiry in England looking at cases from 1968 onwards, what its position is on reconsidering the decision to limit its review to 2000 onwards.
To ask the Scottish Government what internal procedures Police Scotland must follow when (a) establishing and (b) carrying out undercover police investigations.