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-00615
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with relevant public bodies about placing a legal duty on them to prevent homelessness.
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Question reference: S6W-00616
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional measures to end rough sleeping were brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and which will be continued following the lifting of restrictions across Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-00618
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what audit it has conducted to determine the costs and benefits of the duty on public bodies to maximise the receipts from land sales.
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Question reference: S6W-00619
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to introduce legislation to place a duty on public bodies to prevent homelessness in its proposed Housing Bill, and whether that bill will be Introduced in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6W-00620
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to each of the recommendations made by the Scotland Prevention Review Group.
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Question reference: S6W-00603
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of claims that such a move could help the tourism sectors and might help prevent the spread of COVID-19, whether it plans to develop compatibility between the Check in Scotland app and the equivalent apps in the rest of the UK and, if so, what discussions it has had with the other UK administrations regarding this.
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Question reference: S6W-00285
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to incorporate Sea Eagle Management Scheme payments into wider agricultural support payments post-Brexit.
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Question reference: S6W-00921
- Asked by: Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the OECD report on Curriculum for Excellence published on 21 June 2021, and what the implications of the report are in relation to the planned reform of the SQA and Education Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-00913
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding calls for a reopening of the 2020 exams appeals process, in light of the 2021 exams appeals process being announced.
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Question reference: S6W-00511
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has held regarding the possible introduction of the insecticide, imidacloprid, on fish farms, and what less toxic treatments have been considered as an alternative.
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