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: S5W-33864
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to eradicate asbestos in all buildings.
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Question reference: S5W-33865
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the number of buildings that contain asbestos.
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Question reference: S5W-33867
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is carrying out with the UK Government regarding asbestos-related issues.
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Question reference: S5W-33308
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria are applied when determining whether to move areas from level 3 under the COVID-19 restrictions to level 4.
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Question reference: S5W-33660
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what resources it will allocate to support people with so-called long-COVID, in light of the £10 million in additional funding in England that is being used towards establishing long-COVID clinics.
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Question reference: S5W-33661
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce the successful bids that have been made to the Chief Scientist Office's fund into applied research on the longer-term effects of so-called long-COVID.
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Question reference: S5W-33685
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32799 by Joe Fitzpatrick on 10 November 2020, whether the scientific evidence on transmission mentioned in the answer will be published.
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Question reference: S5W-33625
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce daily testing at care homes over the Christmas period to protect residents, staff and visitors from an increased risk of COVID-19 transmission.
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Question reference: S5W-33633
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further funding support to businesses in areas currently subject to Level 4 restrictions, in light of reports that the Scottish Retail Consortium estimates that non-food shops will miss out on £270 million in lost revenues over the three weeks of restrictions.
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Question reference: S5W-33714
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 15 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it provides to Scottish Enterprise for the Scottish Investment Bank, and how many staff are employed in this area.