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-18988
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to address the data gaps in the roll-out of 1,140 hours of funded childcare, as outlined by the Auditor General in the report, Early learning and childcare: Progress on delivery of the 1,140 hours expansion.
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Question reference: S6W-18982
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reported concerns regarding the fragility of the early years sector.
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Question reference: S6W-18987
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total cost will be of the development of software to improve the management and monitoring of early learning and childcare services.
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Question reference: S6W-18986
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when updated software needed to improve the management and monitoring of early learning and childcare services will be developed and ready for use.
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Question reference: S6W-18981
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce any budget pressures being experienced by early years and childcare businesses.
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Question reference: S6W-18985
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when a value-for-money assessment of 1,140 hours of funded childcare will be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-18607
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with New College Lanarkshire Motherwell Campus regarding the proposed closure of its halls of residence.
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Question reference: S6O-02397
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the report by the taskforce to consider whether to extend wildlife crime investigation powers to the Scottish SPCA will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-18613
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 14 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether regulations will be introduced, under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006, to ban the use of remote-controlled collars that emit electric shocks to dogs.
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Question reference: S6F-02199
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2023
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government's position is regarding recent reports that suggest there is a mental health crisis emerging in the early years sector.
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