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-22293
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 13 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its aim to encourage modal shift to more sustainable travel, what discussions it has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) the UK Department for Transport regarding investments to enable the West Coast Main Line to operate high-speed trains at up to 140 mph (225 km/h) and with higher average speeds between Glasgow Central Station and London Euston Station.
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Question reference: S6W-22636
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 10 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the overall risk of fire in relation to Scotland’s pre-1945 building stock.
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Question reference: S6W-22554
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 31 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many miles of single track A roads there are in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-22548
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that routine maintenance dredging of the port of Glasgow upstream of the Shieldhall river channel to the Glasgow weir is being carried out to maintain depths in the common navigable channels, docks and riverside berths to allow for the safety of navigation for shipping using these facilities, as required under the Port Marine Safety Code.
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Question reference: S6W-22543
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it (a) has done and (b) is doing to reduce the cost per single track kilometre (STK) of railway electrification.
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Question reference: S6W-22366
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to adopt any of the recommendations made in the Growing Up Grieving report, published by the National Childhood Bereavement Project.
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Question reference: S6W-22365
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Growing Up Grieving report, published by the National Childhood Bereavement Project.
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Question reference: S6W-22367
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 8 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to support children and young people dealing with bereavement and grief.
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Question reference: S6W-22547
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what initiatives it will undertake to promote the growth of workboat, small passenger vessel and recreational boat use on the upper Clyde at Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-22546
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will promote the development of a marina at the former Prince's Dock basin in Glasgow.