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-18467
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any health and housing multi-agency meetings to manage support for trafficking survivors under sections 9 and 10 of the Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Scotland) Act 2015, what assessment template or guidance document is used in such meetings; which organisations are members of the group holding these meetings, and, for the period 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, how many (a) cases were assessed, (b) cases involved the transfer of accommodation support from Scottish Government-funded trafficking accommodation to Home Office asylum accommodation and (c) such transfers were to asylum accommodation in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-18468
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance or advice it has issued to Scottish public authorities and charities that it funds, that have contact with asylum seekers or presumed human trafficking survivors, regarding the UK Government’s Illegal Migration Bill and, in particular, any retrospective effect since its introduction into the UK Parliament on 7 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-18434
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 13 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Scottish Police Federation’s reported request for future pay for police to be linked to an average pay index, as opposed to annual negotiations, as police officers do not have the right to strike.
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Question reference: S6W-18055
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any of its partner agencies use handcuffs when transporting children between care placements or other settings.
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Question reference: S6W-18328
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 6 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans to (a) implement the scheme for funding for alternative dispute resolution and (b) establish a pilot of mandatory meetings on alternatives to court under the Children (Scotland) Act 2020.
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Question reference: S6O-02338
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether there are any gaps in Scots law in relation to tackling image-based sexual abuse.
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Question reference: S6F-02201
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2023
To ask the First Minister whether any objections or concerns were raised by the Scottish Ministers during the deliberations about the guidelines for sentencing under-25s, which came into effect in January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-18052
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 30 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many schools are (a) eligible and (b) registered for the Equally Safe at School programme, as of May 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-17720
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with (a) the leader and (b) councillors of Glasgow City Council to discuss reported concerns raised by business leaders regarding the Low Emission Zone, which is soon to be introduced in the city.
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Question reference: S6O-02245
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to help educate children and young people about any dangers of online pornography.
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