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 whether its Non-Profit Distributing (NPD) programme has ceased, and, if so, (a) what programme has replaced it, and (b) how much money was returned to it through the capping of NPD profits.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that women affected by mesh implants do not miss out on cervical screening.
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have reported complications as a result of hernia mesh procedures in each NHS board in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been spent on staff salaries at the new Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh since it was handed over to NHS Lothian.
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has undertaken into problems associated with hernia mesh.
To ask the Scottish Government what research the NHS has undertaken into the efficacy of hernia mesh.
To ask the Scottish Government which groups are on the Police Scotland list of terrorist organisations.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported criticism of this model of financing from stakeholders, reports that other European nations no longer favour such an approach and issues such as the delay to the opening of the Royal Hospital for Children and Young People in Edinburgh, for what reason the various forms of public private partnerships continue to be favoured, and what plans it has to end their use.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to assess the debt incurred by local authorities from public private partnerships.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether local authorities could benefit from direct borrowing for public projects, rather than financing them through public private partnerships.