General Questions - 26 October 2017
Channel: The Scottish Parliament
Date: 2017-10-26

Read the full transcript of First Minister's Question Time in the Scottish Parliament Official Report: http://goo.gl/MN8a2G

General Questions
1. Neil Bibby: To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Sustrans report,
Transport Poverty in Scotland. (S5O-01365)
2. Mark Griffin: To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to encourage people from
deprived communities to get involved in sport and physical activity. (S5O-01366)
3. Claire Baker: To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Transport Scotland and what
issues were discussed. (S5O-01367)
4. David Stewart: To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the
importance of sprinklers in preventing deaths from fire. (S5O-01368)
5. Maurice Corry: To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm its position on income
tax ahead of its Budget. (S5O-01369)
6. Ross Greer: To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the school
inspection regime. (S5O-01370)
7. Dean Lockhart: To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with VisitScotland
regarding reported plans to close a number of tourist information centres. (S5O-01371)
8. John Finnie: To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the research by Sustrans,
which suggests that around one million people in Scotland live in areas at risk of transport poverty.
(S5O-01372)
9. Kate Forbes: To ask the Scottish Government how the price of energy for householders and
the number of fuel-poor houses in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch compares with the rest of the
UK. (S5O-01373)
10. Bill Bowman: To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can provide to patients that
NHS Tayside’s proposed suspension of elective surgery procedures over the Christmas period will
not become an established feature. (S5O-01374)

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