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 support it is providing to developing countries to help them tackle COVID-19.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that historical links to slavery are properly displayed on statues of slave owners or slavery profiteers around Edinburgh and Scotland, and whether it plans to take further action to acknowledge and highlight Scotland's role in the slave trade, to ensure that it is part of the national conversation.
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the second round of the Cultural Organisations and Venue Recovery Fund (COVRF 2), which was announced in March 2021, will be open for applications; when the £40 million allocated to it will be distributed, and what support it will offer to companies and venues that have experienced financial difficulties as a result of any delay.
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To ask the Scottish Government how many independently verified livestock predation incidents involving sea eagles have been recorded by independent veterinary post-mortem testing in each of the last five years.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reduce funding or support to OGTC during the current parliamentary session.
To ask the Scottish Government how much the SQA charged each local authority for providing its services in the 2019-20 session, and how much it will charge each local authority for the 2020-21 session.
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure the Marine Fund Scotland does not add to overcapacity in (a) the scallop dredge and (b) other fisheries.
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with (a) COSLA and (b) teaching unions regarding temporary teaching positions.
To ask the Scottish Government, following the introduction of the Civil Liability Act in England and Wales, whether similar reforms regarding whiplash claims will be introduced in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met representatives of the (a) Institute for Aquaculture and (b) Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre and what was discussed.