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-08987
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to issue benzodiazepine harm reduction guidance, following the issue of draft guidance in August 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-08808
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what role (a) ministers and (b) Crown Estate Scotland will have in finalising the scoring criteria and weighting for Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) leases for floating offshore wind projects.
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Question reference: S6W-08809
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason no maximum bidding price has been stipulated within the awards process for floating offshore wind projects looking to progress through the Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) process, in light of a maximum bidding price being stipulated in the commercial-scale ScotWind leasing round.
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Question reference: S6W-07575
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 8 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to promote the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism among publicly funded bodies.
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Question reference: S6O-00938
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve audit procedures for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-07021
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what use has been made by the Russian Government or Russian-owned businesses of Prestwick Airport and any other Scottish Government-owned infrastructure during the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-07026
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis has been done, or is planned, on whether any successful applicants to the ScotWind auction have Russian partnerships or financing arrangements in place.
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Question reference: S6W-07022
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the implications of sanctions on Russia for any Scottish businesses that trade with Russia, and what support can be given to those businesses in order to best facilitate their rapid diversification in the face of such sanctions.
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Question reference: S6W-07023
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 15 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many Ukrainian students are estimated to be studying in Scotland and what support is being offered to them, in light of current international events.
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Question reference: S6W-06251
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will confirm if it is the case that data on teacher absence due to COVID-19 has not been collected after April 2021, and, if it is the case, for what reason.
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