Portfolio Questions

Health and Sport

Sandra White S5O-04705
1. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address suicide.

David Stewart S5O-04706
2. To ask the Scottish Government what advice, guidance and financial assistance is being provided to professional football clubs during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Clare Adamson S5O-04707
3. To ask the Scottish Government how it is encouraging physical activity within the necessary measures to suppress COVID-19.

Kenneth Gibson S5O-04708
4. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that flu vaccines are available for those who need them.

Jeremy Balfour S5O-04709
5. To ask the Scottish Government when the First Minister first became aware of hospital patients who had tested positive for COVID-19 being discharged to care homes.

James Kelly S5O-04710
6. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will revisit its decision to suspend outdoor amateur sports such as football across the Central Belt, in light of the benefits that sport offers for participants' physical and mental wellbeing.

Jackie Baillie S5O-04711
7. To ask the Scottish Government when NHS boards will be in a position to provide clinics that will specifically treat the long-term effects of COVID-19.

Gillian Martin S5O-04712
8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on antibody testing for COVID-19.


Communities and Local Government

Bill Kidd S5O-04713
1. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on its target to build 50,000 affordable houses during the current parliamentary session.

Fulton MacGregor S5O-04714
2. To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to tackle food poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Emma Harper S5O-04715
3. To ask the Scottish Government how the Scotland Loves Local campaign will support and encourage community shopping.

Alex Cole-Hamilton S5O-04716
4. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities regarding the safe reopening of local services, including libraries.

James Dornan S5O-04717
5. To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in enabling the transfer of community assets under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.

Lewis Macdonald S5O-04718
6. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to raise public awareness of its plans to introduce new fire and smoke alarm standards.

Graham Simpson S5O-04719
7. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on ensuring that planning authorities do not reduce efforts to deliver new homes and other sustainable development during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Murdo Fraser S5O-04720
8. To ask the Scottish Government how its planning policy supports the delivery of new housing developments.