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-15855
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the amount of freight delivered by (a) water and (b) rail.
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Question reference: S6W-15852
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns that retaining the Network Support Grant base rate, which has remained at 14.4 pence per kilometre since 2012, amounts to a real terms cut for bus operators.
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Question reference: S6W-15854
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish a comprehensive delivery plan for reducing car km by 20% by 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-15853
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle chargers currently make up the (a) public and (b) private network, in light of its commitment to increase the public charging network to at least 6,000 charging points over the next four years, as announced in its Programme for Government 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-15849
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made towards achieving its commitment to roll out its national strategy for expanding 20 mph zones, as announced in its Programme for Government 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-15848
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Network Support Grant Plus coming to an end in March 2023, how it plans to keep bus fares “at more affordable levels and networks more extensive”, as committed to in its Programme for Government 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-15850
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken on the financial impact of extending 20 mph speed limits.
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Question reference: S6W-15851
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the expansion of 20 mph speed limits will have on the police force, in light of reports that police in the Scottish Borders are not carrying out regular speed checks in the area’s new 20 mph zones.
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Question reference: S6W-15858
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the dualling of the A1 in its entirety.
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Question reference: S6W-15857
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of the impact of ScotRail’s current fare freeze on the bus industry.
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