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 whether it (a) agreed, (b) objected or (c) offered any other advice in response to Crown Estate Scotland’s proposal to have a “a minimum level of fee” per km2 of seabed area and “not place a ceiling on the applicant valuation”, contained within the New offshore wind leasing for Scotland: Discussion Document, published in May 2018, and whether it will publish all (i) correspondence and (ii) minutes of meetings it had with Crown Estate Scotland on this issue.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish all (a) correspondence and (b) minutes of meetings it had with Crown Estate Scotland following the announcement of the outcome of the Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 auction by The Crown Estate.
To ask the Scottish Government whether Education Scotland provides advice on the purchase of programmes and resources to support literacy.
Submitting member has a registered interest.
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03514 by Humza Yousaf on 27 October 2021, whether the outcome of the National Services Division review of NHS Scotland’s genomics services will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the further easing of restrictions, what PPE will be recommended in the NHS across health and social care from April 2022, and what plans it has to fund the procurement and provision of PPE.
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of dwellings in each local authority area use (a) oil, (b) mains gas, (c) electricity, (d) community heating schemes, (e) heat pumps and (f) other sources as the main fuel type or method of central heating.
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings the First Minister undertook on the commissioning of vessels 801 and 802 for the Clyde and Hebrides prior to the contract being awarded to Ferguson Marine.
To ask the Government how it plans to mitigate fuel poverty among social housing tenants, in light of the recent energy price cap increase and the data from the Zero Emissions Social Housing Taskforce showing that over one third of social tenants already experience fuel poverty.
To ask the Scottish Government how many Rural Payments and Services area offices are open for face-to-face appointments.
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Department for International Trade regarding any investor-state dispute settlements in relation to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) that may impact on Scotland.