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 how it will implement the code of practice for equipment interference and computer hacking by Police Scotland, and what oversight of these powers by (a) the Parliament and (b) other institutions it proposes.
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the flu jab voucher scheme for staff that is being run by the Scottish Prison Service is being provided by a private provider and not the NHS.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to make the payment of the real living wage a condition of a company winning public sector contracts.
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value is of PFI contracts issued by (a) it and (b) public bodies since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government what the total value is of NPD contracts issued by (a) it and (b) public bodies since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that Boots and its parent company, Boots Alliance, have avoided an estimated £1.21 billion in tax since 2007, whether it will confirm what public sector contracts (a) it has and (b) its agencies have awarded to the companies in this period, and what its position is on whether awarding such contracts to businesses that avoid tax is ethical.
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that Bield Housing Association is withdrawing from the care home sector; when it was first advised of this; what discussions it has had with Bield regarding the decision; what information it has regarding the reason for the withdrawal; how many residents will be affected, and what discussions it has had with other care home providers about rehousing them.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ease overcrowding on the 17.21 service between Edinburgh and Glasgow Central via Fauldhouse, in light of it being reported as the most overcrowded train on the network.
To ask the Scottish Government how many stops are skipped each month to ensure that trains meet the punctuality target to arrive at their final destination within five minutes of the advertised time.
To ask the Scottish Government, since its announcement that so-called stop-skipping would end, how many trains have skipped stops, and what percentage of services start their journey between (a) 7.00 and 9.00 am and (b) 4.00 and 6.00 pm.