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Empty Homes

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What good is the Care Inspectorate?

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Care Homes, the Forgotten Service!

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Rural house price levels

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Allotments

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Active travel infrastructure since lockdown

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UK Gov Modernisation of Nuclear Weapons, Scottish Gov responsibilities under civil contingencies act

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Green incentives in Scotland v England

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Crofting and grazing collectivisation

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)

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Potential demolition of Ayr station hotel, trend of poor maintenance of historic buildings in Ayr

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The loss of social housing across the Transformational Regeneration Areas in Glasgow

Suggested by: Molly (10 Sep, '20) • Upvoted: 20 Oct, '21 • Comments: 1

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Is our hierarchical and highly centralised form of government fit for purpose going forward?

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Is Marine Scotland a waste of taxpayers' money ?

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Why over "one million people in Scotland live on filthy streets" -Keep Scotland Beautiful

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Orkney Islands - Microsoft and others (?) at the European Marine Energy Centre

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deep dive into George Eustice's financial connections to GMO

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Comparisons between Scotland's powers as a devolved nation compared to federated nations.

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Can localism thrive at the current rate of pay of LA Councillors or is centralisation inevitable

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Energy costs

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Comparisons of care home deaths across the four UK nations

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cost of childcare

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Student Accommodation

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Resumption of elective surgery in Scotland and use of private hospitals

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Why the call for Long Covid Clinics are being ignored

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Westminster funding of Scottish covid response

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White Collar Crime Involving Covid Fund

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Public bodies members of Oil & Gas lobby

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Robbing Peter to pay Paul - The Scottish Housing Regulator and the Mid-Market Rent Sector Scandal

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Fife Council - Shepherd Offshore Education Campus Masterplan: White Elephant to World Class?

Suggested by: Robin Irwin (07 Mar, '21) • Upvoted: 08 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

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Stirling Council's decision to take back running of the National Wallace Monument.

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Are the UK government's covid-19 tests a hoax?

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Nature Scot gives green light to shoot Hinds and Calfs from 1st september

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The reasons behind national differences in Covid-19 excess death statistics

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British food standards.

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Coronavirus: Suspension on PSED Reporting

Suggested by: Debbie (05 May, '20) • Upvoted: 02 Mar, '21 • Comments: 0

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how many frontline NHS staff had 1st dose Covid jag in NHS Lothian?

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Dark money

Suggested by: David D (14 Dec, '21) • Upvoted: 14 Dec, '21 • Comments: 1

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Is BBC giving more time to Sturgeon on the airwaves on business OTHER than the Covid health stats?

Suggested by: Vic (16 Feb, '21) • Upvoted: 16 Feb, '21 • Comments: 1

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Covid Vaccination Rollout

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Common Good Property lists

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MAT Standards and accessibility.

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Discrepancy between obtaining use of land for footpaths/bikepaths Versus new roads

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Pfizer trial documents

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How much have our public pension funds invested in Russia?

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Who Cares for Scotland's Historic Monuments?

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Employment practices in hospitality

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Media coverage of nuclear industry - consistent acceptance of the word ''clean''

Suggested by: Noel Wauchope (20 Aug, '21) • Upvoted: 20 Aug, '21 • Comments: 0

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Corporate ownership of both media and fossil fuel companies

Suggested by: Noel Wauchope (20 Aug, '21) • Upvoted: 20 Aug, '21 • Comments: 0

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Sutherland Space Hub (Anders Polson's Opposition to space port) Part 2

Suggested by: Kenny Mackay (26 Jul, '21) • Upvoted: 26 Jul, '21 • Comments: 0

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