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, further to the answer to question S4W-15853 by Frank Mulholland on 6 September 2013, how many people have been prosecuted for police assault since 2007.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-13410 by Kenny MacAskill on 15 March 2013, what progress has been made in establishing a sentencing council.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has had with the (a) UK Department of Justice and (b) Director of Public Prosecutions regarding (i) assisted suicide and (ii) guidance for prosecution of cases of assisted suicide since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government how many prosecutions for assisted suicide there have been in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of assisted suicide procurators fiscal have considered in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to ask the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service to update its guidance on prosecutions for assisted suicide.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the (a) British Medical Association and (b) General Medical Council regarding assisted suicide since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government what studies it has conducted into (a) cases of and (b) the impact of assisted suicide in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans are in place should Police Scotland civilian staff vote to go on strike.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many of Police Scotland’s civilian workforce are members of trade unions, broken down by trade union.