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-07626
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm that examinations will still proceed in the event of increases in COVID-19 cases within the school estate.
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Question reference: S6W-07510
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 19 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made and action it has taken to ensure that former Hong Kong residents who resettle in Scotland are not subjected to racism or discrimination.
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Question reference: S6W-08073
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support Ukrainian nationals already studying or who wish to study at college or university in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-07790
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide its revised estimate of the entire cost of the Haudagain Improvement project, in light of the reported delayed completion.
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Question reference: S6W-07743
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 31 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many notifications the Building Standards Division has received from verifiers of building warrant applications, citing BS 8414 as a route to compliance, since the April 2021 update of the Building Standards Technical Handbooks, broken down by (a) type of building and (b) local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-07594
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the next steps are in taking forward the recommendations of the report, Misogyny - A Human Rights Issue.
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Question reference: S6W-07877
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol) and the Article 11 Trust on the policing operation at COP26.
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Question reference: S6W-07580
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional resources will be made available for rural transport infrastructure.
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Question reference: S6W-07419
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Zero Waste Scotland report on Operational Assessment of Alternative Residual Waste Treatment Technologies, (a) when it will be published and (b) whether it includes an independent peer review, and, if so, who the peer review was conducted by.
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Question reference: S6W-07836
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is provided to victims of stalking.
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