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-01062
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions Ministers have had regarding the opening of Winchburgh railway station.
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Question reference: S6W-00950
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the cost to businesses of changes at short notice to COVID-19 restrictions and regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-00951
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what options it is considering to facilitate the reopening of night clubs and a return of live music events.
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Question reference: S6W-00937
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason, unlike in England, it has included suppliers as part of the total number of people who can attend weddings that are taking place in areas at COVID-19 protection level 1 or 0.
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Question reference: S6W-00945
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report by Hamptons, which states that renting in Scotland continues to be more expensive than buying property, while in many parts of the rest of the UK, it has become less expensive as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-01169
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it last measured its public procurement policies in the ferries sector against the National Performance Framework, and what the outcomes were in each category.
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Question reference: S6W-01548
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 July 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the coronavirus legislation in place.
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Question reference: S6W-01135
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-36212 by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021, when the study will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-01136
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when ministers last met representatives of the union, Prospect, in relation to ongoing industrial action by its members over plans by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) to centralise air traffic control, and what plans it has to meet with representatives in the near future.
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Question reference: S6W-01134
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00014 by Graeme Dey on 26 May 2021, whether ministers have now discussed the Island Communities Impact Assessment on Highlands and Islands Airports Limited’s (HIAL) Air Traffic Management 2030 Strategy with HIAL; if so, what the outcomes were, and, if not, for what reason the discussions have been delayed.