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-06493
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider instructing Historic Environment Scotland to assess the site of HMP Barlinnie for listed status.
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Question reference: S6W-06104
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider implementing the high quality shopfront design standards developed in Traditional Shopfront Improvement Grant Scheme (TSIG) areas as a future planning requirement in Conservation Areas and in Listed Buildings, as part of the forthcoming update of the National Planning Framework.
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Question reference: S6W-06076
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with HM Treasury on reducing VAT charges on (a) general building renovations and conversions and (b) listed building renovations and conversions.
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Question reference: S6W-05619
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the justification is for its guidance setting out a COVID-19 14-day self-isolation period for care home residents, and whether there are plans to change this guidance to specify a shorter period, similar to changes to guidance on self-isolation for the wider public.
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Question reference: S6W-06075
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement (a) it and (b) its enterprise agencies have had with Rolls-Royce plc over a Scottish bid for the Heavy Pressure Vessel Factory that the company is proposing to develop as part of its UK Small Modular Reactor programme.
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Question reference: S6W-06103
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 23 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with Glasgow City Council and registered social landlords in Glasgow to develop and launch a Common Housing Register covering all social housing in the city.
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Question reference: S6O-00780
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported warnings from residents, business and advocacy groups that the current quality of ferry service represents a real threat to island life.
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Question reference: S6W-05741
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what documentation can be used by asylum seekers under the age of 22 to make an application under the Young Persons’ Free Bus Travel Scheme if they do not have the documentation required for a Young Scot card.
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Question reference: S6W-05928
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how venues impacted by the temporary Omicron restrictions can access the targeted funds allocated for culture and events, and what steps it can take to ensure that such venues in receipt of funding will fairly compensate employees with full back-dated pay for the wages lost while their workplace was closed.
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Question reference: S6W-05683
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will assess the installation of soundproofing barriers along motorways located in urban areas (a) in general and (b) along the M8 between junctions 8 and 25, and what its position is on the reported proposal from Glasgow City Council to introduce a cap over the section of the M8 situated in a lowered cutting between junctions 17 and 19.