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-01542
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the news release issued by CalMac Ferries on 24 August 2020, at which location dry dock maintenance work was carried out on each ferry, and how much of CalMac's expenditure was spent on procuring this work on each vessel.
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Question reference: S6W-01514
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out an open tender process for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CHFS) contract and, if so, when it is scheduled to begin.
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Question reference: S6W-01544
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact that COVID-19 has had on the (a) number and (b) type of vehicles carried by the CalMac fleet.
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Question reference: S6W-01462
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what recommendations have been made by the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group since the development and delivery of local area suicide-prevention action plans.
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Question reference: S6W-01516
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it expects Project Neptune to report, and by what date it anticipates it will respond to the report.
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Question reference: S6W-01543
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Seatruck Ferries regarding the time charter of additional tonnage for the Clyde and Hebrides ferry network, and whether it raised (a) trade union recognition and (b) collective bargaining agreements between CalMac and recognised trade unions during any such discussions.
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Question reference: S6W-01465
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many local action plans have been put into place as a result of the Local Area Suicide Prevention Action Plans: Scottish Guidance produced by the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group and COSLA.
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Question reference: S6W-01515
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the future structure of the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service (CHFS) contract will be.
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Question reference: S6W-01529
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the target waiting time is for a colposcopy.
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Question reference: S6W-01519
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the British Columbia model of ferry contracting.
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