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-35067
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 19 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support will be made available to protect North Ayrshire against flooding.
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Question reference: S5W-34379
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will administer the COVID-19 vaccine to vulnerable people and groups who cannot travel to their GP or other vaccination centres.
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Question reference: S5W-34931
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 17 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the current financial pressures faced by universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-34938
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to support the aviation industry's recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-35066
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any EIS concerns in regard to schools collecting and submitting pupils' literacy and numeracy data this academic year.
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Question reference: S5W-34937
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 17 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will address deprivation in Greenock, which was ranked as one of the most deprived areas in the 2020 Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD).
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Question reference: S5W-34930
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the proposed introduction of hydrogen-powered railway locomotives.
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Question reference: S5W-35063
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 16 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency plans it has in place to respond to snow and ice weather warnings.
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Question reference: S5F-04825
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 February 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 February 2021
To ask the First Minister what additional and urgent measures will be taken to ensure that pupils catch up on learning lost as a result of the disruption to their education.
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Question reference: S5W-34823
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the national protocols for each COVID-19 vaccine will be published and communicated to healthcare officials.