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 Executive what plans it has to increase the number of jobs in the renewable energy sector in West Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it plans to tackle child poverty in the west of Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will implement child impact assessments at the point of custody of a parent.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it keeps information on the number of children with a parent in prison and, if so, how this is used when considering how to support these children and their families.
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on the UN's guidelines for the alternative care for children and how it publicises this position among its agencies and the general public.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether training is given to teachers to support children with a parent in prison.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it would implement a financial transaction tax in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Scottish Executive what help it provides to assist families visiting prisoners.
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) financial and (b) other support it provides to the families of prisoners
To ask the Scottish Executive whether it considers that every child has the right to visit a parent who is in prison and, if so, whether this right can be withdrawn as a disciplinary measure against that parent.