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: S6T-00415
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an explanation of its decision not to proceed with the sale of Glasgow Prestwick Airport at the present time.
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Question reference: S6T-00399
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will assist young people to access the expanded free bus travel scheme.
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Question reference: S6F-00665
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the First Minister what data the Scottish Government has collected on the number of people diagnosed with cancer, and the stage at which they were diagnosed, since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this compares with pre-pandemic data.
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Question reference: S6F-00662
- Asked by: Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the First Minister what support the Scottish Government can provide to people struggling to pay their energy bills.
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Question reference: S6F-00650
- Asked by: Kenneth Gibson, MSP for Cunninghame North, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government will take to urgently progress the green transition in North Ayrshire, following the closure of Hunterston B power station on 7 January.
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Question reference: S6F-00639
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the First Minister what deadline the Scottish Government has set for making any further changes to this year's SQA examinations process.
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Question reference: S6F-00636
- Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6F-00635
- Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
Question to be taken in Chamber.
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Question reference: S6W-05334
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding the drug, sapropterin, being made available to patients in Scotland with phenylketonuria (PKU).
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Question reference: S6W-05332
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03602 by Michael Matheson on 25 October 2021, whether it will publish the written report by Seagreen Wind Energy Limited in respect of unexploded ordnance clearance activities.