General Questions

Patrick Harvie S5O-00111 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that its proposals on changes to council tax comply with its treaty obligations under the European Charter of Local Self-Government. Stuart McMillan S5O-00112 2. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Trussell Trust opening its 50th foodbank in Scotland. Linda Fabiani S5O-00113 3. To ask the Scottish Government how it contributes to international development. Finlay Carson S5O-00114 4. To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on the creation of new national parks and what consideration it has given to creating one in Galloway. Richard Leonard S5O-00115 5. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will take action to prevent NHS Lanarkshire from closing trauma and inpatient orthopaedic services at Monklands Hospital. Gail Ross S5O-00116 6. To ask the Scottish Government what support it gives to Highland Games. Alex Johnstone S5O-00117 7. To ask the Scottish Government what the expected completion date is for the upgrading of the junction of the A937 with the A90 at Laurencekirk. George Adam S5O-00118 8. To ask the Scottish Government how sport can help improve health, education and wellbeing. Gillian Martin S5O-00119 9. To ask the Scottish Government what it considers the impact will be on Scotland's universities of the UK Government's decision to limit the new post-study work visa pilot scheme to graduates of Imperial College London and the universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Bath. Alexander Stewart S5O-00120 10. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent figures suggesting that the number of drug-related deaths is at a record level, what action it is taking to tackle drug dependency.