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: S6F-00388
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s position is regarding the use of facial recognition technology in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-03476
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question S6W-02293, which received a holding response on 13 September 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-02293
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00855 by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021, whether it will provide equivalent information on (a)(i) amber- and (ii) yellow-coded calls and (b) the total number of calls responded to over the same period.
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Question reference: S6O-00232
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the scale of unemployment among qualified teachers.
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Question reference: S6O-00252
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it plans to implement the recommendations made by the OECD on Scottish National Standardised Assessments in its report, Scotland’s Curriculum for Excellence: Into the Future.
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Question reference: S6O-00190
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide additional financial support for the fruit and vegetable agricultural sector, in light of the losses incurred as a result of labour and logistics issues.
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Question reference: S6W-02027
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to routinely publishing (a) details of when it has (i) sought and (ii) obtained Queen's consent and (b) associated correspondence in advance of the passage of legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-02030
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will (a) provide details of what interests would determine whether it seeks Queen's consent under Rule 9.11 of the Standing Orders and (b) publish any guidance on this matter that it has (i) produced and (ii) received from representatives of the Crown.
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Question reference: S6W-02028
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many times it has sought Queen's consent in each year since 2007, broken down by the (a) title of the legislation and (b) date on which consent was (i) sought and (ii) obtained.
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Question reference: S6W-02029
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 26 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which pieces of legislation have been amended as a result of exchanges prompted by Rule 9.11 of the Standing Orders in each year since 2007, and, for each of these, whether it will publish (a) the details of any concerns raised by any party representing the Crown and (b) its response.