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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 24 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-12463

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 8 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many active working groups there are that have a role in enterprise issues that fall within of the responsibilities of the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise.

Question reference: S6O-01683

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what impact industrial action by public sector workers will have on the delivery of its Covid Recovery Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-12306

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited and other relevant non-departmental public bodies design the specification of their shipbuilding contracts with the goal of sustaining and developing the shipbuilding and wider maritime industry supply chain in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-12319

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service regarding any investigations into the Park Inn tragedy of 26 June 2020, in Glasgow.

Question reference: S6W-12336

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider making a regulation in exercise of the power conferred by sections 17(2), (3) and (3ZA) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 to test a 30 mph speed limit on the length of the M8 between Junction 22 and Junction 15, which is the area originally designated as the Glasgow Inner Ring Road, in order to assess its impact on traffic congestion and the reportedly dangerous levels of vehicle noise and emissions pollution in the inner urban area of Glasgow caused by both the current 50 mph limit and scale of the motorway infrastructure.

Question reference: S6W-12320

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 5 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service has indicated when any investigations into the Park Inn tragedy of 26 June 2020, in Glasgow, will conclude.

Question reference: S6W-12299

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00961 by Angus Robertson on 15 November 2022, whether it will provide further details of what its response is to the final report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-12300

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider additional interventions that could be introduced within devolved competence to support people seeking asylum, in line with recommendation 13 of the final report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-12270

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 December 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what the top three best performing capital investment projects were in the last financial year, on the specific measure of return on investment.

Question reference: S6W-12464

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 November 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 30 November 2022

To ask the Scottish Government, regarding enterprise issues that fall within of the responsibilities of the Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, how it assesses (a) outcomes, (b) performance and (c) value for money in relation to capital investment.