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-28319
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will implement the recommendations from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Scotland to prevent inappropriate care and crowding in emergency departments.
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Question reference: S6W-28335
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27671 by Jim Fairlie on 4 June 2024, when it plans to roll out the national pilot scheme to provide free bus travel to people seeking asylum, and what plans it has to evaluate the impact of the scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-28323
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28146 by Fiona Hyslop on 21 June 2024, whether it will provide the information requested regarding when the East Kilbride line will have an all-day, four-train-per-hour "turn up and go" timetabled service.
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Question reference: S6W-28332
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland's Railway is involved in any activities associated with the electrification of the branch line from the Cumbernauld Line into the former St Rollox railway works in Springburn.
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Question reference: S6W-28325
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27931 by Graeme Dey on 14 June 2024, when the last review of the Education Maintenance Allowance was carried out, and what the findings were.
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Question reference: S6W-28330
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27927 by Graeme Dey on 13 June 2024, what specific risks were identified at the meeting held on 29 May, and what contingencies are in place in the event that any university in Scotland faces bankruptcy.
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Question reference: S6W-28329
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27936 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 June 2024, whether the report will be made publicly available once it has been received by the Scottish Ministers.
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Question reference: S6W-28317
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest report by the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) Scotland on A&E crowding and corridor waits.
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Question reference: S6W-28320
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to provide additional resource to hospitals to ensure that there is sufficient capacity within emergency departments to safely treat patients.
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Question reference: S6W-28316
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27997 by Ivan McKee on 17 June 2024, whether it will consider any benefits and drawbacks of the establishment of a new non-departmental public body, similar to Homes England, in advance of the Programme for Government, to speed up housebuilding in light of the housing emergency.
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