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-14519
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact in Scotland of increased fuel bills.
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Question reference: S6W-14306
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 26 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to proposals from Midlothian Council to remove free musical instrument lessons for some pupils.
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Question reference: S6W-14281
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to make a decision on whether to establish a public inquiry into the 2014 and 2018 Glasgow School of Art fires, in light of the correspondence with the Scottish Parliament's Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, in 2022, and the reported ongoing concerns about the works to restore the iconic Mackintosh building.
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Question reference: S6W-14221
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the remit is of its data reconciliation project, as outlined in its publication, Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland: statistics – December 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-14172
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which routes will see peak fare rail prices removed as part of the trial from April 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-14173
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which routes will not see peak fare rail prices removed as part of the trial from April 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-14213
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 27 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next publish statistics in relation to the Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-13837
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 January 2023
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Question reference: S6W-13624
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether relevant stakeholders, including PLACE and community councils, were consulted before it took the decision to delay the implementation of commercial short-term let licensing by six months.
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Question reference: S6W-13625
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it is delaying the implementation of commercial short-term let licensing by six months.
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