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-01868
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it provides for the enforcement of COVID-19 safety regulations on public transport.
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Question reference: S6W-01872
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether compliance with the requirement to wear a face covering on public transport is declining.
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Question reference: S6W-01665
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its permission was required for Abellio ScotRail to commission Professor Iain Docherty to produce the report, Scotland’s Railway after the pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-01867
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what enforcement action can be taken against public transport operators that fail to adequately enforce (a) physical distancing, (b) the wearing of face coverings and (c) other COVID-19 safety regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-01605
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, on calls to reject the proposed Cambo oil field project.
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Question reference: S6W-01608
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is, regarding the potential impact on Scotland, on the Cambo oil field application, in light of reported International Energy Agency views that no new investments were needed in oil and gas.
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Question reference: S6W-01664
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the clause in the Serco Caledonian Sleeper franchise that permits the operator, from 1 April 2022, to seek adjustments to the financial terms of the Franchise Agreement, or exit the contract, can also be instigated by the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-01688
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on small modular reactors.
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Question reference: S6W-01669
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many cases of (a) youth and (b) adult antisocial behaviour were reported on the (i) Glasgow-Wemyss Bay and (b) Glasgow-Gourock train line in each month of the last two years, and in how many of those cases was someone (A) found guilty and (B) issued with a fine as a result.
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Question reference: S6W-01651
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the additional cost to CalMac Ferries of chartering the MV Arrow in line with CalMac’s collective bargaining agreements with the recognised seafarer unions.
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