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 when it will publish its new Global Affairs Framework to guide Scotland’s international engagement.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what assessment has been made of SEPA’s ability to enforce the law and protect the environment following the data breach in December 2020.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to accelerate the wider roll-out of the Scottish Child Payment in light of the reported cost of living crisis.
To ask the Scottish Government what research it is carrying out on the potential impact of (a) increases in land prices on rural communities, in light of reports of people buying farmland to get closer to nature, increase tree planting and for renewable energy schemes, and (b) a concentration of land ownership on local communities.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will amend Scotland's Household Recycling Charter to include a mandatory carton recycling target.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to undertaking a review of adoption services in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government which other countries its ministers or officials visited between December 2019 and March 2022 in order to see first-hand how publicly-owned railways operate, and whether the results of these visits will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government what studies or analysis it undertook of publicly-owned railways in other countries between December 2019 and March 2022, and whether the results of these will be published.
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Young Persons Allowance component of the Employability Fund will be continuing, and, if so, what criteria applicants must meet for this, and whether there are plans to change the criteria in the near future.
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase sentencing for people who commit arson and cause damage to farms and rural communities.