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: S6O-02880
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, following the first meeting of the National Smart Ticketing Advisory Board, what progress has been made towards introducing a national smart ticketing scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-23256
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to mandating financial rewards to communities that host critical energy generation or transmission infrastructure.
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Question reference: S6W-23257
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of investment zones as a method of reducing any shortage of skilled workers for the energy transition.
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Question reference: S6W-23254
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to ban gas flaring.
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Question reference: S6O-02790
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christine Grahame (on Behalf of the Scottish Parliament Corporate Body on 23 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what consideration it has given to allowing events to start in the Parliament building while Members' Business debates are ongoing.
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Question reference: S6O-02810
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what services people experiencing poor mental health can access this winter.
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Question reference: S6W-22928
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 November 2023
To as the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to evaluate the outcomes of Project CAVForth, and what its anticipated next steps are for autonomous buses.
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Question reference: S6T-01642
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that the chief executive of Ferguson Marine is still entitled to a bonus despite the First Minister saying that he thought the practice should end.
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Question reference: S6W-22629
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve awareness of home energy upgrades and retrofit schemes, in light of reported data from the Chartered Institute of Buildings, which found that two in five residents cannot afford these upgrades and that 39% of those surveyed had not heard of any Scottish Government incentive schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-22810
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to change the reference point for mobile home pitch fees from retail prices index (RPI) to consumer prices index (CPI), in light of the UK Mobile Homes (Pitch Fees) Act 2023.
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