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-36080
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the current restrictions on non-essential construction works inside people’s homes will be eased before the week beginning 26 April 2021, and what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
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Question reference: S5W-36166
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been supported through the National Transition Training Fund.
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Question reference: S5W-33695
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the levels of scepticism regarding vaccine safety or efficacy, and what impact it anticipates this will have on the uptake of a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Question reference: S5W-35859
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it supports a moratorium on new incinerators being built.
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Question reference: S5W-35977
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the establishment of the Children and Young People's Commissioner Scotland, as a result of the Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003, has helped to promote and safeguard the rights of children and young people in Scotland, and what its position is on whether the establishment of an Older People's Commissioner would help to promote and safeguard the rights of older people in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-35991
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many places have been delivered by the Young Person’s Guarantee to date, and how many it expects the scheme to deliver by 31 December 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-35954
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of its latest assessment of the impact on (a) human health and (b) the environment of energy from waste facilities and incineration.
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Question reference: S5W-35924
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how GP practices identify high-risk people with asthma.
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Question reference: S5W-36103
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the financial guarantee to companies within the GFG Group was referred to the EU for approval on state aid grounds, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-36101
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-34979 by Jeane Freeman on 22 February 2021, when the Junior Doctors 48-hour Expert Working Group report will be published.
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