Portfolio Questions

Justice and the Law Officers Finlay Carson S5O-01255 1. To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the funding for community sentences. Colin Beattie S5O-01256 2. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to support community policing during the current parliamentary session. Sandra White S5O-01257 3. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the use of mosquito devices to deter the gathering of young people. Clare Adamson S5O-01258 4. To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent comments by the Lord Advocate, what role community payback and direct reparation with victims of crime will play in its future plans for the justice system. Jackie Baillie S5O-01259 5. To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken by the police to deal with antisocial behaviour at Helensburgh Central train station. Iain Gray S5O-01260 6. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take on sentencing and stronger controls on the sale of corrosive chemicals to tackle the use of acid as a weapon. Mary Fee S5O-01261 7. To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to increase the use of alternatives to prison. Mike Rumbles S5O-01262 8. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the merger between Police Scotland and the British Transport Police. Jamie Greene S5O-01263 9. To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the future of railway policing in Scotland. Jenny Gilruth S5O-01264 10. To ask the Scottish Government how much from the CashBack for Communities programme has been distributed to groups in the Mid Fife and Glenrothes constituency since 2012. Culture, Tourism and External Affairs Andy Wightman S5O-01265 1. To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the financial arrangements governing the management and maintenance of the Palace of Holyroodhouse are fair and equitable in terms of public funding. Bob Doris S5O-01266 2. To ask the Scottish Government how it can support people to repatriate the bodies of family members who have died abroad. Alexander Burnett S5O-01267 3. To ask the Scottish Government what efforts it is making to support the winter tourism industry. James Kelly S5O-01268 4. To ask the Scottish Government what funding it provides to encourage access to art, drama and music by young people in South Lanarkshire. Gordon Lindhurst S5O-01269 5. To ask the Scottish Government what role sport has in attracting tourism to Scotland. Johann Lamont S5O-01270 6. To ask the Scottish Government how the national tourism strategy will increase the number of visitors to Glasgow and attract investment. Alison Harris S5O-01271 7. To ask the Scottish Government what impact the Scottish Tourism Alliance's Big Five Questions campaign is having on the sector. Neil Bibby S5O-01272 8. To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing to the Paisley 2021 City of Culture bid. Claire Baker S5O-01273 9. To ask the Scottish Government what steps it takes to support the tourism sector in Fife. Liam Kerr S5O-01274 10. To ask the Scottish Government what recent assessment it has made of the tourism sector in the north east.