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
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Question reference: S6W-05824
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with teaching unions regarding ventilation in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-05796
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider the extent to which PAS 2030 and PAS 2035 ventilation standards need to be applied in its Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: Area Based Schemes (HEEPS: ABS) and Home Energy Efficiency Programmes for Scotland: Warmer Homes Scotland (HEEPS: WHS) programme for homes in rural areas with high average windspeeds.
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Question reference: S6W-05406
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government to what extent it has explored prototypes for an online registration system, similar to the system paid for and presented to it by former members of its working group on short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-05324
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the possible breach of state aid rules, in relation to the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, will damage or have any other implications for its (a) existing relationships with businesses and (b) reputation among businesses that it is considering entering into a relationship with.
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Question reference: S6W-05316
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement by the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise on 15 December 2021 on Dalzell Historical Industrial Transactions, what parties comprise the "wider group" that he referred to.
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Question reference: S6W-05314
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the typical environmental remediation costs for sites of former steelworks such as Ravenscraig; what sites it has considered in this regard, and whether it has calculated historic costs adjusted for inflation.
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Question reference: S6W-05308
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings it has had with (i) Tata Steel and (ii) Liberty House since identifying that it may have broken state aid rules while facilitating the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, and whether it will publish any (A) minutes and (B) documents regarding this since 1 January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05306
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government on what date and at what time it contacted Tata Steel after identifying that it may have broken state aid rules while facilitating the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, and whether it will publish any (a) notification and (b) response.
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Question reference: S6W-05696
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the annual salary will be for the role of the new Chief Operating Officer of ScotRail.
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Question reference: S6W-05322
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments by the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, during his ministerial statement on 15 December 2021 on Dalzell Historical Industrial Transactions, that “there is no liability to the Scottish Government”, for what reason it has redacted this information in its responses to freedom of information requests.