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-11110
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will respond to the recommendations on (a) governance, (b) project controls and (c) value for money in the report Project Neptune, Governance, Internal Controls and Value for Money, which was published on 16 February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11102
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the impact that Transport Scotland’s harbour resource grant to the Scottish Maritime Cluster Limited in 2021-22 has had on its policies on (a) piers and (b) harbours on the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services contract.
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Question reference: S6W-11115
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 30 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has held with the UK Government regarding the UK Government’s short-term review of The Assessment and Rating of Noise from Wind Farms (ETSU-R-97).
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Question reference: S6W-11114
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether an environmental impact assessment was carried out prior to Crown Estate Scotland’s announcement that lease periods for targeted oil and gas projects will be extended to 50 years.
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Question reference: S6W-11106
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list the private ferry companies that have expressed an interest in bidding for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry services contract on each occasion that it was put out to tender.
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Question reference: S6W-11104
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement by the Minister for Transport on 8 September 2022 on the Future of Scottish Ferries, what definition of a “period of prolonged disruption” it will use to convene meetings of the proposed ferries resilience group.
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Question reference: S6W-11099
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether Fampridine will be made available on the NHS for people living with multiple sclerosis.
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Question reference: S6W-11105
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement by the Minister for Transport on 8 September 2022 on the Future of Scottish Ferries, whether it will provide an update on the discussions it has had with the Chair of the Ferries Community Board regarding consultation with island communities over the options for reforming Clyde and Hebrides ferry services.
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Question reference: S6W-11101
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09362 by Jenny Gilruth on 25 July 2022, when it expects the tender for the Ardrossan upgrade project to be published.
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