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
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Question reference: S6W-19178
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 29 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will investigate the preventative maintenance processes used by CalMac for its ferries, in light of the reportedly high level of unplanned maintenance events relative to comparable shipping fleets.
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Question reference: S6W-18886
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 28 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the administrators of the Glasgow-based engineering firm, British Polar Engines Limited, in order to establish what the reasons were for the firm going into administration, and what its assessment is of whether the business can be salvaged as a going concern.
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Question reference: S6W-19179
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what planned and preventative maintenance system is used by CalMac for its ferries, and when any such system was introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-19147
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how inward investment projects supported by Scottish Development International, Scottish Enterprise, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, South of Scotland Enterprise and Skills Development Scotland are assessed in terms of (a) the depth of local economic linkages and (b) whether the investments are characterised as having either a developmental or dependent relationship with the Scottish economy, according to the definition established by the economist, Ivan Turok, in his 1993 publication, Inward Investment and Local Linkages: How Deeply Embedded is “Silicon Glen”?.
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Question reference: S6W-19177
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 15 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking, in partnership with local authorities and energy companies, to make electric vehicle charging more affordable for the public, with a view to making electric and hybrid vehicles more desirable, and to meet the target of net zero emissions by 2045.
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Question reference: S6W-19029
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to hold a consultation on co-operatives, and, if this is the case, what the proposed timetable is.
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Question reference: S6W-18836
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding was allocated to the oral health improvement programme, Childsmile, in each financial year from 2018-19 to 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-18918
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish Ministers will make regulations to give effect to Part 7 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-19057
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussion it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding the reopening of The Lighthouse, Scotland's Centre for Design and Architecture.
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Question reference: S6W-18657
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-17995 by Neil Gray on 30 May 2023, for what reason it remains committed to returning the airport to private ownership, in light of it having "performed well in a highly competitive aviation market and is now a profitable business".
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