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-02082
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had or plans to hold with COSLA regarding any increased demand on the organisation’s trading standards officers arising from the delivery of the (a) recovery from COVID-19, (b) economic recovery and (c) increased environmental safety standards for goods and services.
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Question reference: S6W-02138
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what evaluation it plans to carry out of the roll-out of short-term mobility aids.
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Question reference: S6W-02402
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates in 2020 and 2021 the Mobilisation Recovery Group has met, and by what date the (a) minutes of and (b) names of attendees at each meeting will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-02401
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on which dates in 2021 meetings of the Mobilisation Recovery Group have been scheduled and subsequently cancelled.
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Question reference: S6W-02404
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have attended each meeting of the Mobilisation Recovery Group.
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Question reference: S6W-02400
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the Mobilisation Recovery Group.
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Question reference: S6W-02302
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of children of women who were given diethylstilbestrol (DES) in Scotland who have gone on to develop cancer.
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Question reference: S6W-02301
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will establish a public inquiry into the prescribing of diethylstilbestrol (DES) to women in mother and baby homes in Scotland during the 1950s and 1960s.
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Question reference: S6W-02243
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on providing more funding opportunities for young farmers and new entrants, in light of the recommendations in the report, Farming for 1.5C: From here to 2045.
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Question reference: S6W-02303
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the number of women who were given diethylstilbestrol (DES) in Scotland and went on to develop cancer.