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, other than visits, what alternative means of communication are available to children to allow contact with a parent in prison.
To ask the Scottish Executive what its position is on non-custodial sentences being considered first when sentencing a (a) parent or (b) primary caregiver.
To ask the Scottish Executive what account is taken of the views of the child when considering placing a parent in custody.
To ask the Scottish Executive what incentives it provides for young homeless people to (a) enter higher education or (b) find higher paying work.
To ask the Scottish Executive how it is tackling youth homelessness.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many children stay with a parent who is a prisoner.
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S4W-05262 by Bruce Crawford on 9 February 2012, whether it will address the specific issue raised in the question as to what contingencies it has should the Scottish people vote against independence.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether interest rates will be controlled by the Bank of England if a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom continues to use sterling.
To ask the Scottish Executive whether there are plans to create a central bank in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Scottish Executive how many civil service jobs will be lost in a Scotland separated from the rest of the United Kingdom in relation to matters reserved to the UK Government.