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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

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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 10 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-31029

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 04 November 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will request that Scottish Water allocates funds from its public top-up taps programme specifically to restore disused historic drinking fountains in public places by fitting top-up taps to them in collaboration with conservation-accredited engineers.

Question reference: S6W-31027

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 01 November 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 12 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service will engage with the development of the North Laurieston Masterplan on the architectural plan for the Glasgow Sheriff Court building and its environs.

Question reference: S6W-30924

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 12 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to improve the total fertility rate. 

Question reference: S6W-30908

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 11 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30441 by Alasdair Allan on 28 October 2024, what its position is on whether (a) this commercial shipbuilding opportunity is of national importance, (b) it should be a key priority for the Scottish Government to develop a domestic supply chain and industrial base and (c) this should also be integrated with the UK Government's National Shipbuilding Strategy.

Question reference: S6W-30900

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-30385 by Fiona Hyslop on 25 October 2024, what its response is to reports that the Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) originally aimed to increase service frequency to six trains per hour, but that Transport Scotland commissioned Jacobs to examine the project for potential savings and it identified that a similar capacity increase could be achieved by increasing train length while maintaining a four-train-per-hour frequency, and what its position is on whether further reducing that frequency to a two-train-per-hour off peak service undermines the (a) EGIP project investment benefits and (b) convenience of a "turn up and go" frequency for passengers.

Question reference: S6W-30899

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 8 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any complaints of bullying by senior members of the Scottish Ambulance Service.

Question reference: S6W-30901

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 28 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will support local government to develop an open source cashless parking service app to avoid the rents extracted by private cashless parking app vendors, which are reported to be around 20p per transaction.

Question reference: S6W-30602

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 10 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how many improvement notices relating to mental health wards in Scottish hospitals have been issued by the Health and Safety Executive in each of the last five years, also broken down by hospital.

Question reference: S6O-03948

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Government announcing the largest funding settlement in real terms since devolution, how it will use any increase in funding to ensure that Glasgow’s arts and culture sector is able to thrive.

Question reference: S6W-30774

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 November 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what the anticipated timescale is for the electrification of the Maryhill railway line in Glasgow.