Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-03564
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will revise the guidance on face coverings in places of worship.
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Question reference: S6W-03341
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans (a) it has and (b) its agencies have to include a multi-modal approach to their transport fleets to promote greater use of active travel, including through the use of (i) e-bikes, (ii) pedal bikes, (iii) cargo bikes and (iv) other modes of transport other than electric cars.
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Question reference: S6W-03347
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with representatives of the private rented sector regarding proposals to introduce rent controls.
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Question reference: S6W-03629
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported repeated occurrences of anti-Irish chants and behaviour of some individuals at Scottish football grounds.
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Question reference: S6W-03333
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the statement by the Minister for Transport on 23 September 2021 that “working with local government partners, we have committed to reduce car kilometres travelled nationally by 20% by 2030. I hope to outline measures to achieve that later his year", whether it will publish details of the current position with its plan to achieve this target; by what date in 2021 the final plan will be published, and whether it will confirm specifically how it settled on the 20% figure.
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Question reference: S6W-03391
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how much money has been spent on improving children and young people's mental health services since the publication of the Coronavirus (COVID-19): mental health - transition and recovery plan.
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Question reference: S6W-03588
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the ambition set out in its Suicide Prevention Action Plan to reduce suicide rates by 20% by 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-03551
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reasons for the reported reduction in life expectancy for people in (a) North Ayrshire and (b) Inverclyde between 2016-18 and 2018-2020.
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Question reference: S6W-03446
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will publish its remote, rural and island housing action plan.
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Question reference: S6W-03330
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 22 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its 2020 islands communities impact assessment for short-term let licensing and control areas did not assess the financial impact of such regulation on short-term let operators in island communities.
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