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-04116
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing a single consent form to allow benefit claimants to agree to share their data for the purpose of benefit take-up.
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Question reference: S5O-04026
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the transfer of powers to Scotland following Brexit.
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Question reference: S5O-03964
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to calls for it to no longer offer contracts to private firms that employ people on zero-hours contracts.
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Question reference: S5F-03806
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2019
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to prevent people with mental health conditions becoming homeless.
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Question reference: S5O-03946
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that there are regular breaches of the time limits aimed at preventing delay in High Court trials.
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Question reference: S5W-26475
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to convene a further meeting of energy suppliers and consumer organisations to discuss support for vulnerable consumers.
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Question reference: S5W-26472
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what actions and commitments were agreed at the energy suppliers roundtable, which it hosted on 19 January 2018, and what progress has been made in taking forward each of these, including those concerning compiling Scotland-specific data covering (a) pre-payment meters, (b) warrants, (c) smart meter installs and (d) the number of customers enrolled on (i) the Priority Services Register and (ii) standard variable tariffs.
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Question reference: S5W-26474
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Consumers and Markets Taskforce has had with Citizens Advice Scotland regarding options for a unified priority services register across public authorities, agencies and utilities.
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Question reference: S5W-26451
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask Ofgem to provide an estimate of the costs of energy supplier failure in Scotland, including (a) managing the supplier of last resort process, (b) covering the cost of consumer credit balances and (c) unpaid renewables obligations, since January 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-26455
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek reassurance from Ofgem that there will be no significant mutualisation of costs once its supplier licensing proposals have been finalised and implemented.
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