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 many applications have been made to the Greener Homes Innovation Scheme and by which organisations, in each year since 2011; how many have been successful; how many homes there will be, and where they will be built.
To ask the Scottish Government how many new homes local authorities have completed since May 2011; how many are being built, and how many are planned to be completed by the end of the current parliamentary session.
To ask the Scottish Government what training is given to local authority staff on how to deal with homophobic and transphobic discrimination.
To ask the Scottish Government whether specialist information is given to LGBT people when accessing housing services.
To ask the Scottish Government how it is tackling the barriers faced by LGBT people when accessing public services.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS provides training for staff on (a) specific health concerns of and (b) issues faced by LGBT people.
To ask the Scottish Government how many men have undertaken a modern apprenticeship in (a) the health and caring sector, (b) tourism, (c) sport and leisure and (d) administration, business and management in each year since 2007, broken down by (i) geographical location and (ii) specific apprenticeship.
To ask the Scottish Government how many women have undertaken a modern apprenticeship in the (a) construction, (b) energy, (c) manufacturing and engineering, (d) transport and (e) sport and leisure industry in each year since 2007, broken down by (i) geographical location and (ii) specific apprenticeship.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the Russian Consulate General (RCG); what issues were discussed; when it will next meet representatives of the RCG, and what issues it will discuss.
To ask the Scottish Government what appointments the Minister for External Affairs and International Development had on 4 February 2014, broken down by (a) the time each appointment was entered into his diary, (b) location and (c) who requested each appointment, and whether the minister sought to rearrange the timings or locations to accommodate parliamentary business.