Portfolio Questions selected for answer on 04 February 2015
Social Justice, Communities and Pensioners’ Rights
1. Rob Gibson: To ask the Scottish Government how building standards can be improved to help mitigate and adapt to climate change. (S4O-03971)
2. Christina McKelvie: To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to people facing poverty. (S4O-03972)
3. Alex Fergusson: To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Dumfries and Galloway Council and Unison regarding equal pay claims from 2005. (S4O-03973)
4. Elaine Murray: To ask the Scottish Government how it will support town centre regeneration in Dumfriesshire in 2015-16. (S4O-03974)
5. Siobhan McMahon: To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on preventing youth homelessness. (S4O-03975)
6. Rhoda Grant: To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle poverty in the Highlands and Islands. (S4O-03976)
7. Jim Hume: To ask the Scottish Government how it will support and develop the third sector across the South Scotland region. (S4O-03977)
8. Mike MacKenzie: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to help bring empty properties back into use as housing. (S4O-03978)
9. Richard Lyle: To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding transfer of responsibility for the electoral registers. (S4O-03979)
10. Jim Eadie: To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the devolution of benefits. (S4O-03980)
Fair Work, Skills and Training
1. Alison McInnes: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve access to modern apprenticeships for disabled young people. (S4O-03981)
2. Mary Fee: To ask the Scottish Government how it will roll out the Work Programme once it is devolved. (S4O-03982)
3. Jamie McGrigor: [Not Lodged]
4. Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to establish a future jobs fund for Scotland. (S4O-03984)
5. Nanette Milne: To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making on implementing the recommendations of the Commission for Developing Scotland’s Young Workforce. (S4O-03985)
6. Linda Fabiani: To ask the Scottish Government how it encourages engineering apprenticeships. (S4O-03986)
7. Patricia Ferguson: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the Glasgow Curriculum and Estates Plan’s proposed transfer of activity to the city centre does not have a detrimental effect on the training needs of people from deprived communities in Maryhill and Springburn. (S4O-03987)
8. Clare Adamson: To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the IT industry as a career choice. (S4O-03988)
9. John Pentland: To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the agency and contract staff it employs enjoy fair terms and conditions. (S4O-03989)
10. Murdo Fraser: To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to incentivise businesses to pay the living wage. (S4O-03990)
General Questions selected for answer on 05 February 2015
1. Neil Findlay: To ask the Scottish Government how many women in the last year have been treated with mesh or tape products to treat pelvic prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. (S4O-03991)
2. Claudia Beamish: To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making toward meeting the target of 11% of demand for heat being met by renewables by 2020. (S4O-03992)
3. Jackson Carlaw: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve survival rates from brain cancers. (S4O-03993)
4. John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to encourage industry to move from road haulage to rail freight. (S4O-03994)
5. Paul Martin: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will order a review of the National Accommodation Strategy for Sex Offenders. (S4O-03995)
6. Lewis Macdonald: To ask the Scottish Government what further steps it will take following the oil jobs summit in Aberdeen on 2 February 2015. (S4O-03996)
7. Michael McMahon: To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for pupil assessment in schools. (S4O-03997)
8. Kevin Stewart: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with its partners about railway timetabling and capacity in the north east. (S4O-03998)
9. Cameron Buchanan: To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce new initiatives to help people with chronic migraine disorder. (S4O-03999)
10. Margaret McCulloch: To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the review of out-of-hours GP services in NHS Lanarkshire. (S4O-04000)
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