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: S5W-34091
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much Scottish Water, as the owners of Business Stream, has had to make available to it to meet trading challenges during the pandemic; under what terms, and whether any assistance with liquidity is in respect of Business Stream’s trading activities in England.
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Question reference: S5W-34090
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of the final determination of charges by the Water Industry Commission, whether the interpretation of the duty to set charge caps at the lowest overall reasonable cost interprets cost as being of investment, or to customers.
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Question reference: S5W-34096
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 11 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31954 by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 October 2020, whether Scottish business customers are insulated from the costs of any trading losses incurred by Business Stream from its trading activities in England.
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Question reference: S5W-34284
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that people who might not be included in official unemployment figures, including recent graduates, receive support during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-34072
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what easy-read format information is being made available to support people who have learning disabilities regarding the COVID-19 guidance and travel rules when local authority restriction levels change.
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Question reference: S5W-34073
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential anxiety that might be caused, what support is available for people who have learning disabilities if they encounter people who are not following the guidance regarding the COVID-19 restriction level for their area.
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Question reference: S5W-34071
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 6 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being made available during the COVID-19 pandemic for people who have learning disabilities and who have to attend regular NHS appointments at which they would normally be supported by a family member or personal assistant.
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Question reference: S5W-33529
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason NHS staff working with COVID-19-positive patients at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow are reportedly not being routinely tested.
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Question reference: S5W-34118
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 24 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason drive-in film viewings are not allowed under Level 3 of the COVID-19 restrictions, and whether it will consider relaxing this rule.
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Question reference: S5W-34135
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support the manufacturing sector.
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