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
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Question reference: S6W-28589
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to setting standards for bird-dissuading mesh so that the deterrent does not trap or threaten the safety of birds.
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Question reference: S6W-28592
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential inclusion of spinal muscular atrophy screening as part of newborn health checks.
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Question reference: S6W-28591
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to how users of bird-dissuading mesh may be incentivised to maintain the mesh so that the safety of birds is not threatened.
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Question reference: S6W-28551
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its timetable is for publishing the statutory guidance to support local transport authorities when utilising bus franchising powers under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-28569
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Sight Scotland and Sight Scotland Veterans' report, Enhancing Accessibility: Venues and Visual Impairment.
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Question reference: S6W-28549
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will emulate the bus franchising process in England by permitting local transport authorities to make the final decision on franchising proposals once the audit of financial implications and public consultation has been completed.
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Question reference: S6W-28547
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 9 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish its timetable for bringing the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 fully into force, and by what date it will lay the regulations required under the Act that will (a) require local transport authorities to provide people who are planning journeys with greater levels of, and improved information about, bus services in their area, (b) set out the process for the formation and operation of a panel to assess franchising proposals and (c) introduce ticketing arrangements and schemes that amend the Transport (Scotland) Act 2001 Act.
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Question reference: S6W-28546
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the findings from previous regional pilot schemes for free bus travel for people seeking asylum, including those in Glasgow and Aberdeen, and how it used these findings to inform the national pilot scheme set out in the New Scots Strategy Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-28545
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of the New Scots Strategy Delivery Plan, how the national pilot scheme for free bus travel for people seeking asylum will be evaluated, and whether this will be carried out while the pilot (a) is in place or (b) has concluded.
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Question reference: S6W-28544
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 8 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of the New Scots Strategy Delivery Plan, what the timeline is for the (a) development of and (b) delivery process for the national pilot scheme for free bus travel for people seeking asylum.
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