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-08087
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government (a) which and (b) how many organisations and businesses were involved in the co-production approach of the Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) consultation development.
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Question reference: S6W-07983
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answers to questions S6O-00767 and S6W-06283 by Tom Arthur on 23 and 25 February 2022 respectively, whether it will provide details of what work will recommence in the spring.
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Question reference: S6W-08071
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will commission its proposed feasibility study on rent data collection.
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Question reference: S6W-08072
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 14 April 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the scope of its proposed feasibility study on rent data collection will include.
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Question reference: S6W-08006
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 26 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06970 by Shona Robison on 15 March 2022, whether it will clarify what it means by “the regulations are not retrospective", in light of recent reports that the rules will apply to new builds and the recladding of existing ones.
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Question reference: S6W-07448
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is the case that work on the Housing to 2040 Improving the quality of all homes milestones for 2021-22 has not begun and, if this is the case, (a) what the reasons are for this and (b) when work will (i) begin and (ii) be completed on the actions to (A) consult on new housing standards, (B) review the housing for varying needs design guide, (C) review the adaptations system and (D) develop joint accountability and outcomes framework.
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Question reference: S6W-07743
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many notifications the Building Standards Division has received from verifiers of building warrant applications, citing BS 8414 as a route to compliance, since the April 2021 update of the Building Standards Technical Handbooks, broken down by (a) type of building and (b) local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-07514
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 6 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when section 99 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 will come into force.
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Question reference: S6W-07412
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many evictions from the private rented sector the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber) has granted since 1 December 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-07611
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to strengthen the landlord registration scheme in order to identify the beneficiaries of private rented sector properties, including owners who are registered in tax havens.