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-28401
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of any payments that it has made to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) Port of Cairnryan from 17 March 2022 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-28411
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what policy measures it is considering to encourage people in Scotland to eat more plant-based meals, as illustrated in the Eatwell Guide.
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Question reference: S6W-28407
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) discussions it had, (b) action it took and (c) meetings were held in relation to the decision of the City of Edinburgh Council to defer the planned friendship agreement with the Taiwanese port city, Kaohsiung.
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Question reference: S6W-28384
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last reviewed the scope of national concessionary travel schemes established under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005.
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Question reference: S6W-28383
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it last reviewed the number of national concessionary travel schemes established under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005.
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Question reference: S6W-28393
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the academic research on teacher workload, commissioned by the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) and published at its June 2024 AGM, which provided evidence that teachers in Scotland continue to work well beyond their contracted hours and that the number of working hours per week is rising.
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Question reference: S6W-28399
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27934 by Mairi Gougeon on 18 June 2024, what it estimates the final cost of designating a new national park will be, and what its position is on whether this is an effective use of public money, in light of the reportedly restricted financial situation.
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Question reference: S6W-28382
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it engages with Regional Transport Partnerships on the governance of (a) bus and (b) rail services.
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Question reference: S6W-28385
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider (a) establishing further and (b) expanding the scope of existing national concessionary travel schemes under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2005, by the end of the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-28391
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of any additional costs from Transport Scotland’s contracts for external consultancy services that will result from the 12-month extension to the current contract for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services from 1 October 2024.
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