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-02269
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 24 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards establishing a public inquiry into COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-02062
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much water is lost due to leakage and what action it is taking to reduce water waste.
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Question reference: S6W-00867
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the (a) current and (b) future provision of sustainable transport, and what its response is to reports that Sustrans/Places for Everyone has been suspending applications for community projects, including some that were fully prepared for introduction.
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Question reference: S6W-00614
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken on each of the 65 recommendations in the Salmon Farming in Scotland report published by the Rural Economy and Connectivity Committee on the 27 November 2018.
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Question reference: S6O-00060
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to an NASUWT Scotland survey, which suggests that 53% of teachers have considered leaving the profession in the last year, feeling demoralised, unsupported and unrecognised.
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Question reference: S6W-00075
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its planned spending on walking, cycling and wheeling over the next parliamentary year, until May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-00080
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which suppliers of bicycles will be used to fulfil its policy of providing every child who cannot afford one with a bicycle.
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Question reference: S6W-00074
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how its policy of providing a bicycle to every child who cannot afford one will be administered.
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Question reference: S6W-00076
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out the eligibility criteria for its policy to provide a bicycle for children who cannot afford one.
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Question reference: S6W-00077
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much money it has allocated to fulfil its policy to provide a bicycle for children who cannot afford one.
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