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 offshore workers can be prioritised for rescheduling their COVID-19 vaccination appointments if they are working offshore at the time of their given appointment, and whether they can have the flexibility to schedule their vaccination further in advance.
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To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its aim to keep its policies broadly aligned with those of the EU, and further to the inclusion in the European Commission’s Strategic Guidelines on Sustainable Aquaculture of a dedicated animal welfare chapter and extensive welfare provisions, whether it plans to introduce similar measures for the regulation of aquaculture in Scotland.
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it awarded the contracts for the R100 broadband programme, and when the detailed programme will be announced for the (a) Highlands and (b) north east.
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support unemployed young people into jobs.
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on university students arriving back in the country from studying abroad being asked to pay £1,750 for a 10-day period in a quarantine hotel, and whether it will consider reimbursing their full costs.
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce legislation to give effect to "Anne’s Law" by granting care home relatives designated legal status.
To ask the Scottish Government whether funding that it would have previously spent on programmes for EU students will remain in the university sector from 2021-22.
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the additional financial support for the taxi trade in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that the First Minister made a commitment to provide during the election campaign will be made available.
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with McVitie's regarding preventing the proposed closure of its Glasgow factory, and what action it is taking to support workers at the site.
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to allowing university students arriving back in the country from studying abroad to (a) be exempted from the requirement to enter a period of managed isolation at a quarantine hotel for 10 days or (b) complete the period of quarantine at their home address.