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-05379
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people it anticipates will be in the (a) higher and (b) top income tax bands in April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-05526
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many health and social care staff are currently being tested for COVID-19 each day, and what additional capacity has been secured for PCR testing and analysis.
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Question reference: S6W-05852
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the COVID-19 legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6W-05652
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04188 by Maree Todd on 16 November 2021, whether sportscotland allocated capital funding to support the development of a tennis centre at Park of Keir for financial year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-05647
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Amnesty International report, Amazon, let workers unionize! Respect for workers’ rights is not a choice, regarding the issuing of legal notices to trade union organisers attempting to recruit members at Amazon facilities in the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-05651
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04188 by Maree Todd on 16 November 2021, whether sportscotland has allocated funding to support the development of a tennis centre at Park of Keir for financial year 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-05493
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported calls from the British Metals Recycling Association to withdraw the Zero Waste Scotland report, How should Scotland Manage its Scrap Steel?, over serious concerns about its accuracy.
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Question reference: S6W-05342
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 20 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce a Climate Change Business Bill within the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6O-00677
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many pupils in East Kilbride will be included in the roll-out of free school breakfasts and the expansion of free school lunches.
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Question reference: S6O-00663
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Sentencing Council’s Sentencing Young People guideline, which is due to come into force on 26 January 2022.
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