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 what plans it has to review local government taxation.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it determines the validity of submissions and letters of support or objection when considering planning applications.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were (a) directly and (b) indirectly employed by (i) public and (ii) private sector ferry services in each year since 2002.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it has received legal advice from the European Commission on the tendering process for ferry services and, if so, whether it will publish this.
To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of the benefits to (a) taxpayers and (b) passengers of ferry services that are provided by the (i) public and (ii) private sector.
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with representatives from private ferry operators regarding (a) its draft ferries' plan and (b) the future ferry procurement.
To ask the Scottish Executive what recent discussions it has had with the European Commission on the requirement to tender for ferry services and whether it will publish the (a) outcomes agreed and (b) minutes taken at these.
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will complete its consideration of the Scottish Law Commission's 2009 Report on Succession and take forward any resulting action.
To ask the Scottish Executive what requirements the Scottish Futures Trust places on applications for new school build contracts.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether acoustic testing is carried out on all new school buildings before they open.