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-14841
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish National Investment Bank will have a collaborative role in the development of any national infrastructure company.
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Question reference: S6W-14829
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what alternatives it has explored to the mutual investment model (MIM) for the purpose of infrastructure investment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01963
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards fulfilling its commitment to introduce a national system of rent controls by the end of 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-14825
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it plans to take to ensure that the National Planning Framework and its plans for net zero are supported by implementing an alternative to public private partnership (PPP) arrangements across sectors.
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Question reference: S6W-13590
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether an independent inquiry into the 2005 conviction of Luke Mitchell for the murder of Jodi Jones in 2003 is being considered by the Lord Advocate.
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Question reference: S6O-01875
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking through its Covid Recovery Strategy to support students.
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Question reference: S6W-14274
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 1 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service in response to reports that the number of warrants for entry that have been granted has trebled since 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-14051
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of capacity at prison facilities for the purpose of relocating HMP and YOI Cornton Vale prisoners during the interim period between the prison’s closure and HMP and YOI Stirling’s opening.
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Question reference: S6W-14273
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 30 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the recording and accuracy of data within the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service in relation to warrants for entry.
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Question reference: S6W-14124
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 30 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which fire stations are currently recorded as (a) lacking sufficient showering or toilet facilities, (b) lacking basic bathroom facilities, (c) lacking shower facilities, (d) lacking drying facilities, (e) lacking a water supply, (f) being in “poor or bad condition” and (g) held up at least in part by internal scaffolding, broken down by local authority area.