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 what assessment it has made of South Lanarkshire reportedly having the lowest percentage of young people (4.81%) applying for free bus passes through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel Scheme.
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many Confucius Institute branches are active in universities in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the recommendation in the report of the Independent Review of Complaints Handling, Investigations and Misconduct Issues in Relation to Policing that there should be an explicit duty of candour on Police Scotland to co-operate fully with all investigations into allegations against its officers.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of reported concerns that Confucius Institutes may represent a threat to academic freedoms and freedom of expression.
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Final Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment for its Deposit Return Scheme, published in 2021, how the 1% increase in business benefits due to the additional half a billion containers within the scheme was calculated.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of reported concerns that Confucius Institutes may represent a threat to academic freedoms and freedom of expression.
To ask the Scottish Government how many reports of abuse of older people have been recorded by Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
To ask the Scottish Government what monitoring is undertaken of energy advisory bodies to ensure homogeneity of advice across Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the "green jobs" that it expects oil and gas workers to transition to will attract the same or similar salary and benefits as the jobs undertaken as oil and gas workers.
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any reported allegations that the Chinese Communist Party, through student groups on university campuses in Scotland, is seeking to deter certain events from taking place, and, if so, what action has been taken to address this.