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: S6O-00881
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to offer home fee status to refugees and other people displaced from Ukraine who wish to study in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-00885
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in light of reports of concerns regarding governance at South Lanarkshire College.
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Question reference: S6O-00875
- Asked by: John Mason, MSP for Glasgow Shettleston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has received an additional £290 million from the UK Government to support households facing financial difficulties as a result of the reported cost of living crisis.
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Question reference: S6O-00864
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report on misogyny and criminal justice in Scotland, published on International Women’s Day, which calls for a Misogyny Bill for Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-00869
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the most recent Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service court backlog figures.
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Question reference: S6O-00865
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle antisocial behaviour on Scotland's railways.
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Question reference: S6O-00872
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on the Scottish budget, in light of reports that UK Government funding consequentials relating to the cost of living may not be provided in addition to provisional allocations.
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Question reference: S6O-00874
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support it provides to Glasgow businesses that have been impacted by a loss of earnings as a result of street closures due to a variety of recent projects.
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Question reference: S6O-00877
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of removing rates relief on small businesses after the first quarter of 2022-23.
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