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-03921
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish any hot debrief that was completed by the incident management team that investigated the COVID-19 outbreak at the Nike conference in Edinburgh in February 2020, as required by the Management of Public Health Incidents: Guidance on the Roles and Responsibilities of NHS Led Incident Management Teams.
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Question reference: S6W-03879
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support it has offered to employees of CS Wind UK Ltd following the announcement that it has entered into administration.
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Question reference: S6W-03943
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00179 by Keith Brown on 21 September 2021, whether it will provide the dataset used to arrive at the assertion about the number of fatal accident inquiry recommendations.
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Question reference: S6W-04111
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to supporting the development of an electric arc furnace.
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Question reference: S6W-04138
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to increase the provision of community rehabilitation services for people with neurological conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-04144
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the reported increase in ATMs moving from Free to Use (FTU) to Pay to Use (PTU) should be reversed, and what action can be taken to encourage businesses to operate Free To Use ATMs, particularly in rural areas, given the reported disproportionate impact on them by branch closures, and lack of footfall during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-04105
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Steel Sector Round Table will next meet.
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Question reference: S6W-04043
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports the proposed reforms to the methodology for designating animal and plant species with legal protection under Schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, as outlined by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) in the information pack for its 7th Quinquennial Review of the Schedules 5 and 8, which was published on 1 July 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-04177
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03472 by Mairi Gougeon on 3 November 2021, when the Private Storage Aid scheme will be put in place for the pig industry.
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Question reference: S6W-04185
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the provision of mental health support for people living with MS and other neurological conditions.