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-08678
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings of the Cladding Stakeholder Group the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has attended since the group was established.
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Question reference: S6W-08690
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Welsh Government’s plans to establish a support scheme to allow leaseholders to sell their property and where appropriate provide the option for them to either move on or rent the property back, which, reportedly, is to be funded by the Development Bank of Wales, what plans it has to establish such a scheme in Scotland, and whether it has explored the establishment of such a scheme with the Scottish National Investment Bank.
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Question reference: S6W-08919
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been made against Police Scotland in each year since 1999.
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Question reference: S6O-01215
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to allocate any funding specifically for alcohol services, in addition to that allocated to Alcohol and Drug Partnerships for drugs services.
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Question reference: S6W-08627
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider taking steps to incentivise opt-out testing for hepatitis C in drugs services by (a) including opt-out testing requirements in service contracts and (b) another incentivisation method.
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Question reference: S6W-08626
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to (a) raise awareness of hepatitis C and (b) encourage people at risk to access testing and treatment, and what specific action it is taking in prisons on these matters.
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Question reference: S6F-01189
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 June 2022
To ask the First Minister what changes have been made since the 2018 report by the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland regarding concerns about the restraint of children in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-08580
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with energy providers regarding residents in Scotland whose developments have a single energy supplier that is classified as commercial rather than domestic, in light of these residents' energy bills reportedly not being subject to Ofgem's price cap.
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Question reference: S6W-08579
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review the number of board members needed for an organisation under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015.
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Question reference: S6O-01204
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the impact on the food and drink supply chain, what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the availability of allotments and community growing projects.
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