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-07406
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress in establishing a pilot of mandatory meetings on alternatives to court, in line with its statutory duty as set out in the Children (Scotland) Act 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-07428
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, what modelling it has done regarding the likelihood of producers in the food and drink sector switching from glass packaging to plastic packaging as a result of the inclusion of glass in its Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-07432
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd since January 2020 on applying the Fair Work Framework to the vessel procurement process for Islay.
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Question reference: S6W-07545
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether P&O Ferries and its parent company, DP World, should have any role in green freeports.
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Question reference: S6W-07429
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, whether it has considered any international evidence in relation to the potential impact of the inclusion of glass in a Deposit Return Scheme on the willingness of producers to switch from using glass packaging to using aluminium or plastic packaging.
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Question reference: S6W-07802
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kate Forbes on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it plans to publish the findings of the City Centre Recovery Task Force.
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Question reference: S6W-07431
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd applied the Fair Work Framework in assessing preferred bidder status for the contract to build two ferries for Islay.
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Question reference: S6W-07370
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of people aged 25 to 64 who have been educated at tertiary level in Scotland, and how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S6W-07408
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is taking action to reduce pressures on family courts by supporting other forms of dispute resolution.
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Question reference: S6W-07783
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Patrick Harvie on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Heat Networks Delivery Plan.
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