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-07283
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will be presented with the recommendations on external wall fire safety and the continued role of the BS 8414 standard in Scotland by the Building Standards (Fire Safety) Review Panel 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07279
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had as part of its review of the continued role of the BS 8414 standard in Scotland, and what was discussed at each meeting.
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Question reference: S6W-07280
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering evidence from the Grenfell Tower inquiry as part of its review of the continued role of the BS 8414 standard in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07281
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce regulations, similar to those in England and Wales, to only allow A1 and A2 rated Euroclass materials to be used on the outside of high-rise and institutional buildings in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07288
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to introduce CT scanning to screen for lung cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-07278
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its review of the role of the BS 8414 standard in Scotland, what discussions it has had with the (a) UK Government regarding its decision in 2018 to end the use of the BS 8414 standard for residential and institutional buildings over 18m and (b) Welsh Government regarding its decision in 2020 to do the same.
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Question reference: S6W-07264
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the definition of domestic abuse to include other members of a family.
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Question reference: S6W-07282
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response for the consultation, Building standards (fire safety).
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Question reference: S6W-07258
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to organisations that support male victims of domestic abuse.
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Question reference: S6W-07265
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 22 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the definition of domestic abuse in England and Wales in relation to how it differs from the definition in Scotland and how this could be reviewed and changed.
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