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-14545
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what communications it has had with local authorities on the Community Bus Fund.
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Question reference: S6O-01913
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of January's Prostate Cancer UK data on regional inequalities in prostate cancer diagnoses.
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Question reference: S6T-01171
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that M&Co will close all of its 170 stores, resulting in almost 2,000 job losses.
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Question reference: S6W-14280
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans to alter or replace the Franchising Policy Statement, which was published by Transport Scotland in March 2021.
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Question reference: S6O-01881
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has had from COSLA regarding the local government financial settlement.
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Question reference: S6W-14046
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13027 by Mairi Gougeon on 23 December 2022, whether it will confirm which organisation failed the technical check process, and what the technical check was that it failed.
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Question reference: S6W-13802
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans regarding proposed amendments to ticket office opening hours at many railway stations, in light of Transport Focus's consultation on those proposals, which reportedly found opposition to them.
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Question reference: S6W-13293
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, as of 19 December 2022, how many people (a) are eligible for, (b) have applied for and (c) have received an under-22 bus pass through the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-13292
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) has taken and (b) is taking to encourage under-22s to apply for the Young Persons’ (Under 22s) Free Bus Travel scheme.
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Question reference: S6O-01785
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the announcement from Amazon that it is to close its Gourock site.
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