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-33022
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of COVID-19 have been identified among students in (a) universities and (b) colleges.
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Question reference: S5W-33024
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of COVID-19 have been identified as having been as a result of transmission in (a) pubs and (b) restaurants.
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Question reference: S5W-33020
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 20 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many cases of COVID-19 have been identified as having been as a result of transmission on public transport.
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Question reference: S5F-04581
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 November 2020
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's response is to the report, Caught in a (Covid) Trap, by the Resolution Foundation, which says that almost a third of families who have experienced a reduction in income due to the pandemic are struggling to afford to heat their homes or buy fresh vegetables.
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Question reference: S5W-32725
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 9 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the £11 million Coronavirus (COVID-19) Restrictions Fund will become available for applications.
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Question reference: S5O-04743
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to protect the eggs of the critically endangered flapper skate, which have recently been found off the northwest coast of Scotland.
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Question reference: S5F-04525
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 November 2020
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government will take to prevent a dental health crisis for people living in poverty in the coming months and years.
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Question reference: S5W-32373
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it will give to extending the smoking ban to include doorways and entrances in (a) public and (b) residential areas.
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Question reference: S5W-32347
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when routine dental care appointments will be able to resume.
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Question reference: S5W-32348
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 October 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 2 November 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on double-testing patients to allow routine dentistry to resume.