Portfolio Questions

Alison Harris S5O-00609 1. To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to revisit the granting of third party rights of appeal in planning applications. Maurice Golden S5O-00610 2. To ask the Scottish Government what assurance it can give communities that objections to proposed developments will be fully considered in the appeals process, given the reported 25% increase in the last year in the number of local authority planning rejections overruled by ministers. Clare Haughey S5O-00611 3. To ask the Scottish Government whether it is confident that the UK Government will lay its commencement order in time for the Scottish Government to take forward its social security plans. Brian Whittle S5O-00612 4. To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to ensure that charities and third sector organisations that support communities are appropriately resourced. Patrick Harvie S5O-00613 5. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Time for Inclusive Education campaign pledge, which calls for LGBTI-inclusive education. Anas Sarwar S5O-00614 6. To ask the Scottish Government when carer’s allowance will be increased for carers in Glasgow. Maree Todd S5O-00615 7. To ask the Scottish Government what role it considers charities and the third sector play in helping people and creating an equal and fairer society. Rona Mackay S5O-00616 8. To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the planning system will drive forward regeneration and promote long-term economic growth. Richard Lochhead S5O-00617 9. To ask the Scottish Government what funding and support it provides to projects that aim to tackle inequalities. Margaret Mitchell S5O-00618 10. [Withdrawn] Pauline McNeill S5O-00619 11. To ask the Scottish Government how it supports food banks. John Mason S5O-00620 12. To ask the Scottish Government how the ability to make twice-monthly payments and pay the housing element of universal credit directly to landlords compares with the current monthly payment system. Mike Rumbles S5O-00621 13. To ask the Scottish Government whether the planning system encourages the use of alternatives to pylons, and how it works to mitigate their visual impact, especially in areas of natural beauty, such as Bennachie. Jackie Baillie S5O-00622 14. To ask the Scottish Government what additional social security support it is providing to low income households that will see an increase in council tax from 1 April 2017. Clare Adamson S5O-00623 15. To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the UK Government's recently published document, Consultation response - Exceptions to the limiting of the individual Child Element of Child Tax Credit and the Child Element of Universal Credit to a maximum of two children. Tom Arthur S5O-00624 16. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 in reducing inequalities. Joan McAlpine S5O-00625 17. To ask the Scottish Government how the second allocation of money from the Fair Food Transformation Fund will impact on communities and organisations in South Scotland. Kenneth Gibson S5O-00626 18. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the UK Government’s welfare reforms have had on North Ayrshire's economy. Oliver Mundell S5O-00627 19. To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support rural halls and community spaces. Bob Doris S5O-00628 20. To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of how UK Government plans to reduce housing benefit for people under 35 will impact on those affected as well as on the social rented sector.