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-01377
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will refresh its New Scots strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-01378
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with (a) Glasgow City Council and (b) the housing and care provider, Mears Group, regarding the Glasgow mother and baby unit for asylum seekers.
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Question reference: S6W-01380
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action its officials can take to ensure the safety and wellbeing of residents at the Glasgow mother and baby unit for asylum seekers.
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Question reference: S6W-01376
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it will establish the Standing Council for Pandemics, and what its (a) scope and (b) membership will be.
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Question reference: S6W-01491
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many asylum seekers are currently resident.
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Question reference: S6W-01483
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement (a) its representatives and (b) Transport Scotland have had with Glasgow City Council regarding the (i) maintenance and (ii) financing of the repairs programme that is required to maintain the operation of the Clyde Tunnel.
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Question reference: S6W-01683
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) plan, (b) governance and (c) estimated timescale is for the full restoration of the Glasgow School of Art.
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Question reference: S6W-01490
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of the cost of concessionary travel, including the Young Persons and Older and Disabled Persons Travel Schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-01672
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the total transaction value of all publicly-owned land disposed to the private sector was in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-00999
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will formally advise railway and travel providers of its decision that only essential travel between Scotland and Greater Manchester and Salford is permitted, to allow the customers affected to access full refunds.