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-05859
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether reducing 300 rail services from pre-pandemic levels will increase or decrease rail passenger numbers.
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Question reference: S6W-05867
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement on strengthened fire alarm standards on 19 January 2022, what estimates it has made of the number of homes that will (a) comply and (b) not comply with the new legislation on interlinked fire alarms by 1 February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-05860
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether closing rail ticket offices will increase or decrease rail passenger numbers.
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Question reference: S6W-05861
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether reducing opening hours at rail ticket offices will increase or decrease rail passenger numbers.
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Question reference: S6W-05868
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement on strengthened fire alarm standards on 19 January 2022, whether it will provide further details of what it has done to alert the public to the new legislation on interlinked fire alarms.
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Question reference: S6W-05869
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement on strengthened fire alarm standards on 19 January 2022, whether it will provide detailed clarification of what the implications will be for homeowners who have not complied with the new legislation on interlinked fire alarms by 1 February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-05870
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what advice it has received from the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service regarding compliance with the new interlinked fire alarm legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-05863
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the proposed closure and reduction in opening hours of rail ticket offices has been the subject of an Equality Impact Assessment, and, if so, what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S6W-05864
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the proposed closure and reduction in opening hours of rail ticket offices will increase or decrease levels of (a) antisocial behaviour and (b) safety for (i) passengers and (ii) staff (A) at train stations and (B) on trains.
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Question reference: S6W-05865
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the appointment of (a) trade union and (b) passenger representatives on the board of the new company that will run Scotland's Railway.