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: S5W-34039
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the use of (a) health passports to verify COVID-19 vaccinations or recent negative tests and (b) mobilising mass COVID-19 testing to allow the safe return of spectators to football stadia.
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Question reference: S5W-33128
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have contracted COVID-19 while in hospital in each month since March 2020, also broken down by how many have subsequently died.
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Question reference: S5W-34041
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what planning it has carried out to allow spectators to safely attend Hampden for the 2021 UEFA Euro finals.
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Question reference: S5W-34038
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 23 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether the use of documented infection and vaccination status for COVID-19 via a health passport would allow spectators to safely attend Hampden for the 2021 UEFA Euro finals.
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Question reference: S5W-33737
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on campaigns by students to end university graduation fees, and what action it will take to ensure that no student faces financial barriers to graduating.
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Question reference: S5W-33689
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to analyse the reasons for the reported increase in waiting times in ophthalmology services, including the impact of "do not" and "cannot attend" cases.
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Question reference: S5W-33399
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has for the continued use of the Protect Scotland app after the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-33429
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure the financial sustainability of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway.
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Question reference: S5W-33427
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what benefits it considers repairs to the Cairngorm Mountain Railway will bring compared with its replacement with a gondola service.
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Question reference: S5W-33426
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it held with Highlands and Islands Enterprise Board and the board of the Cairngorm Mountain Railway regarding removing the funicular railway and replacing it with a gondola service, such as the scheme at Ellmau in Austria, prior to the recent announcement of funding for repairs to the railway.
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