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
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Question reference: S6W-05317
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it necessitated that it take ownership of the Dalzell steelworks for a short period in 2016, and what prevented Tata Steel selling the asset directly to Liberty House.
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Question reference: S6W-05313
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the information it holds on the total potential environmental remediation cost of the Dalzell steelworks.
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Question reference: S6W-05305
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what date (a) its officials first identified and (b) the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, or his predecessor, was first informed of (i) the existence of the liability in relation to the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks and (ii) issues with this potentially breaking state aid rules.
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Question reference: S6W-05311
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned on the total potential environmental remediation cost of the Dalzell steelworks.
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Question reference: S6W-05324
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the possible breach of state aid rules, in relation to the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, will damage or have any other implications for its (a) existing relationships with businesses and (b) reputation among businesses that it is considering entering into a relationship with.
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Question reference: S6W-05327
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what risk assessment it has undertaken of whether Tata Steel will initiate legal proceedings against it in relation to the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks.
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Question reference: S6W-05329
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence it has to support the view stated by the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, during his ministerial statement on 15 December 2021 on Dalzell Historical Industrial Transactions, that “the circumstances upon which it [the indemnity] would be called upon are unlikely to materialise”.
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Question reference: S6W-05323
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans, for any reason, to refer the issue of the possible breach of state aid rules, in relation to the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, to the Court of Justice of the European Union.
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Question reference: S6W-05328
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what review it has conducted of other contracts in relation to (a) state aid rules and (b) assuming liabilities such as environmental remediation, in light of the results of its review of the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks.
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Question reference: S6W-05309
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what due diligence it conducted prior to facilitating the purchase of the Dalzell steelworks by Liberty House from Tata Steel, and whether it (a) employed any consultants and (b) commissioned any external advice in relation to this matter.
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