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-03631
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of human trafficking have been (a) reported and (b) investigated in the last 12 months.
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Question reference: S6W-03656
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 28 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce speed awareness courses for motorists as an alternative to driving licence penalty points and, if so, by what date.
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Question reference: S6O-00315
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it plans to provide to first-time buyers.
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Question reference: S6W-03639
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the cyberattack on SEPA had on the processing of planning applications.
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Question reference: S6W-02606
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce or reintroduce any empty homes grants that aim to bring properties back into the social rental sector.
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Question reference: S6W-03647
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what investigation it will undertake into any human rights abuses in Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-03648
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support (a) disabled people and (b) people considered to be furthest from the labour market into green jobs.
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Question reference: S6W-03645
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many Funeral Support Payments have been made since the scheme was launched.
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Question reference: S6W-03649
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions its ministers have had with the university and college sector regarding the workforce skills needed by the construction industry in the future.
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Question reference: S6W-03646
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 26 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which powers and responsibilities it plans to remove from local authorities under its proposed National Care Service.
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