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-26221
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 28 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to introduce drug checking services at music festivals and other cultural and entertainment venues, as a harm reduction measure.
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Question reference: S6W-26179
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 28 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what scientific advice it has considered regarding the proposal for a carbon capture storage facility at Peterhead Power Station.
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Question reference: S6W-26193
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider introducing a national policy for the installation of Swift bricks in builds and renovations.
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Question reference: S6W-26263
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 28 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) can take and (b) is taking to speed up the legislative process.
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Question reference: S6W-26194
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 28 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider regulating for the provision of Swift nest bricks in planning applications for new buildings and renovations over five metres in height, as a biodiversity enhancement.
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Question reference: S6W-26254
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its proposed Community Wealth Building Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-26178
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 27 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the scientific advice that it has received regarding (a) blue hydrogen technology, (b) green hydrogen technology and (c) carbon capture technology.
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Question reference: S6W-26223
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 27 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that patient and staff data could have been compromised in the cyber attack on NHS Dumfries and Galloway, what support and advice has been offered to NHS boards and public bodies, including NHS (a) Lanarkshire and (b) Forth Valley.
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Question reference: S6W-26222
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 27 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the potential impact in Scotland of the UK Government's plans to develop an early warning system to detect synthetic opioids and emerging drugs, which will reportedly track drug presence in real-time through wastewater testing and overdose reports, use and provide data to the UN commission’s own early warning system, and aim to prevent a fentanyl crisis such as that experienced in the USA.
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Question reference: S6W-26111
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 March 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 26 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to address sexual misconduct in sport, what action it has taken to encourage professional sports clubs to implement their own publicly available sexual misconduct policy.
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