General Questions

Anas Sarwar S5O-00969 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on what the top rate of income tax should be. Elaine Smith S5O-00970 2. [Not Lodged] Lewis Macdonald S5O-00971 3. To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will take to ensure increased recruitment of students from the north of Scotland to train as teachers at the University of Aberdeen. Joan McAlpine S5O-00972 4. To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to mitigate the cumulative effect of UK Government benefit reductions in Dumfries and Galloway. Miles Briggs S5O-00973 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on plans to increase the capacity of the Edinburgh city bypass. Maurice Corry S5O-00974 6. To ask the Scottish Government how many veterans it has recorded as homeless in each of the last three years. Tom Arthur S5O-00975 7. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any assessment it has made of the potential impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the economy. Mary Fee S5O-00976 8. To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the recruitment of additional teachers and classroom assistants in West Scotland. Richard Lochhead S5O-00977 9. To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had on tackling the volume of plastics in seas around Scotland. Rachael Hamilton S5O-00978 10. [Not Lodged]