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: S5O-04310
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 25 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to increase the number of apprenticeships for heat pump and hydrogen engineers.
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Question reference: S5W-27768
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out of the impact that subsidised public transport would have on reducing carbon emissions.
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Question reference: S5W-27771
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to providing a universal public transport subsidy in order to meet its climate change targets.
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Question reference: S5W-27770
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has carried out of the increase in public transport infrastructure and availability that is necessary in order to achieve the reduction in the number of car journeys that is required to meet its climate change targets.
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Question reference: S5W-27769
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 18 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Glasgow City Council regarding the city's carbon reduction targets.
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Question reference: S5W-27767
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support small home builders to deliver carbon neutral/negative housing in order to meet its climate change targets.
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Question reference: S5W-27766
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to support homeowners and landlords to replace gas central heating with low- or zero-carbon alternatives in order to meet its climate change targets.
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Question reference: S5W-27737
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 13 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what support it plans to provide to low-income workers with underlying health conditions who are unable to financially afford to self-isolate to guard against the coronavirus, COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5O-04293
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 March 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that the suspension of grants by Scottish Enterprise is because of organisational mismanagement and not success in stimulating demand for strategic investment.
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Question reference: S5W-27381
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what public awareness raising it has undertaken regarding alternative heating sources to gas boilers.
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