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.
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of zero-hour contracts in the public sector.
To ask the Scottish Government whether zero-hour contracts are being used in the public sector other than in further and higher education.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) higher and (b) further education sector regarding the use of zero-hour contracts.
To ask the Scottish Government how many in (a) higher and (b) further education institutions are employed on zero-hour contracts.
To ask the Scottish Government what powers exist to prevent opencast coal developers from continuing to dig for coal when they are in breach of planning regulations and local authority stop notices.
To ask the Scottish Government what powers exist to prevent opencast coal developers from beginning work without planning permission being in place.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to consider the coordination of regulators in relation to the opencast work being carried out at the Five Sisters area of West Calder.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of the work being carried out by an opencast coal developer at the Five Sisters area of West Calder.
To ask the Scottish Government what processes must be followed before opencast coal developers can begin extracting coal.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the opencast work being carried out in the Five Sisters area of West Calder.