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-27126
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 13 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03153 by Màiri McAllan on 6 March 2024, whether it will provide an update on its review, due to be published in spring 2024, of how to increase the number of co-operatives, social enterprises and employee-owned businesses as part of the move to a wellbeing economy.
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Question reference: S6W-27127
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it will report the findings of the peak fares removal pilot to the Parliament.
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Question reference: S6W-26946
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the statement to the Scottish Parliament on 18 April 2024, by the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Net Zero and Energy, aligns with the global affairs framework of good global citizenship.
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Question reference: S6W-26947
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out the high-level principles of its proposed Air Departure Tax prior to July 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-26956
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any threat of wildfires in national parks ahead of the summer season, and what the outcome was of any such assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-26938
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce its proposed Natural Environment Bill before January 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-26942
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle (EV) charging points it has delivered since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-26807
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on its engagement with Vestas regarding potential investment in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-26939
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce its proposed Heat in Buildings Bill ahead of the Scottish Parliament's 2024 summer recess.
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Question reference: S6W-26954
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the potential impact on its commitment to ban single-use vapes in the event that the UK Government's Tobacco and Vapes Bill is not passed by the UK Parliament, and what discussions the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has had with the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or any other UK Government ministers, regarding this Bill.