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-27675
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what impact the size of a company or public body has on its application of the regulations regarding the use of aluminium chemistry in water treatment.
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Question reference: S5W-27674
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to regulate the use of aluminium chemistry in water treatment by the municipal waste water and construction sectors to the same standards.
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Question reference: S5W-27676
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether quantitative chemical risk assessments should be used to justify the use of chemical aids in the (a) municipal and (b) construction waste water sector.
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Question reference: S5W-27640
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 February 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the 33 recommendations of the LGBTI Inclusive Education Working Group.
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Question reference: S5W-27670
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 March 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the environmental impact of, and the risks arising from, the use of waste water treatment by Scottish Water in comparison with other companies.
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Question reference: S5O-04241
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 March 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 March 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its response to SEPA's consultation on the matter, for what reason it did not object to the application by the MoD to discharge more radioactive waste into Gareloch.
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Question reference: S5W-27175
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have come to Scotland under the Erasmus+ programme in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S5O-04166
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 February 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that all school staff have access to mental health first aid training.
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Question reference: S5W-27142
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19849 by John Swinney on 20 November 2018, how many local authority staff have been trained under the funding it provides for mental health first aid training, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-27141
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 January 2020
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 February 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how many counsellors are employed in schools on a (a) permanent and (b) temporary contract, also broken down by local authority.
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