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-06931
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, whether the saltirecard is still the basis for its plans for single smart cards for travel on all public transport.
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Question reference: S5W-06933
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, on what date it will introduce single smart cards for travel on all public transport in each city.
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Question reference: S5W-06930
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, for what reasons Scotland continues not to have single smart cards for travel on all public transport, similar to the Oyster card in London.
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Question reference: S5W-06929
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, what discussions it has had with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) regarding building on its model of a smart card for underground travel.
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Question reference: S5W-06927
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, what the obstacles are to introducing single smart cards for travel on all public transport.
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Question reference: S5W-06932
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, what delays there have been to its plans to introduce single smart cards for travel on all public transport.
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Question reference: S5W-06928
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-03905 by Humza Yousaf on 28 October 2016, what information it has on any discussions that Abellio has had with (a) Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) and (b) bus companies regarding a single smart travel card.
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Question reference: S5W-06877
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide its first annual statement on the progress towards its target of delivering at least 50,000 affordable homes by the end of the Parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S5T-00376
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to reduce the amount of time families are spending in emergency accommodation.
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Question reference: S5W-06198
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 30 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any new models planned for building new homes and, if so, what they are.
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