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
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Question reference: S6W-01652
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 19 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the status is of the Fair Work Framework in negotiations between Transport Scotland and CalMac Ferries regarding the chartering of new tonnage from private shipowners.
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Question reference: S6W-01663
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) its and (b) Transport Scotland's officials have had discussions with Professor Iain Docherty regarding his report, Scotland’s Railway after the pandemic, and, if so, on (i) how many occasions and (ii) which dates.
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Question reference: S6W-01667
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the suggestions in the report, Scotland’s Railway after the pandemic, by Professor Iain Docherty, on behalf of Abellio ScotRail, (a) that ScotRail services should decrease by at least 10% compared to pre-pandemic levels, (b) regarding whether the provision of ticket offices is viable in the future, (c) regarding 20% of the rail workforce being projected to leave the sector in the next five years and (d) that there is a unique platform to modernise and reduce staff costs quickly.
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Question reference: S6W-01665
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its permission was required for Abellio ScotRail to commission Professor Iain Docherty to produce the report, Scotland’s Railway after the pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-01664
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the clause in the Serco Caledonian Sleeper franchise that permits the operator, from 1 April 2022, to seek adjustments to the financial terms of the Franchise Agreement, or exit the contract, can also be instigated by the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-01651
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the additional cost to CalMac Ferries of chartering the MV Arrow in line with CalMac’s collective bargaining agreements with the recognised seafarer unions.
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Question reference: S6W-01650
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it had with CalMac Ferries regarding the employment conditions applicable to the time charter of the MV Arrow.
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Question reference: S6W-01649
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which company employs the crew of the MV Arrow during CalMac Ferries' time charter of the vessel on the Ullapool-Stornoway route.
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Question reference: S6W-01653
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations were consulted during negotiations regarding the time charter agreement between CalMac Ferries and the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for the MV Arrow.
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Question reference: S6W-01418
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00828 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, what impact the UK Government’s proposals for (a) subsidy control mechanisms and (b) competition law might have on the work to make the Road Equivalent Tariff subsidy available to Pentland Ferries’ private routes across the Pentland Firth.