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-08698
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to evaluate rates and thresholds within the Land and Buildings Transaction Tax.
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Question reference: S6O-01179
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6T-00722
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its reaction is to the reported awarding of almost £1 million compensation from Police Scotland to an ex-officer following an employment tribunal ruling of victimisation.
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Question reference: S6O-01093
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason a number of written parliamentary questions have not received an answer by ministers within the required timescale.
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Question reference: S6O-01078
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what lessons have been learned regarding the procurement of new ferries.
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Question reference: S6W-08153
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that local authorities are carrying out home visits for its Super Sponsorship Scheme, for the Homes for Ukraine scheme, fairly, proportionally and equally across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-08152
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to consult hosts within its Super Sponsorship Scheme, for the Homes for Ukraine scheme, as part of its development of the scheme.
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Question reference: S6T-00664
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 April 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the potential impact on Scottish Government standard due diligence of reports of lost documentation related to the Ferguson Marine ferry contract.
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Question reference: S6W-07429
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, whether it has considered any international evidence in relation to the potential impact of the inclusion of glass in a Deposit Return Scheme on the willingness of producers to switch from using glass packaging to using aluminium or plastic packaging.
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Question reference: S6W-07428
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-06722 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022, what modelling it has done regarding the likelihood of producers in the food and drink sector switching from glass packaging to plastic packaging as a result of the inclusion of glass in its Deposit Return Scheme.
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