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-14944
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote and support local newspapers.
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Question reference: S6W-14946
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 17 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to employers in the care sector to help them pay employees the Living Wage.
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Question reference: S6O-01912
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to eliminate long waits in A&E departments within NHS Fife.
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Question reference: S6W-14016
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making towards delivering the ambitions of the (a) City Centre Recovery Task Force report, which was published on 31 March 2021 and (b) Town Centre Action Plan Review – Joint response from Scottish Government and COSLA, which was published on 13 April 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-13908
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received regarding its decision not to introduce business rates relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses, as has been introduced in Wales and England.
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Question reference: S6O-01865
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its Town Centre Action Plan is having in communities in the Mid Scotland and Fife region.
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Question reference: S6W-13909
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to meet the World Health Organization’s 90-70-90 targets on the eradication of cervical cancer by 2030, and whether it plans to publish data on cervical screening in Scotland, in light of it not having done so since October 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-12510
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the national football associations across the UK, and the Football Association of Ireland, regarding the joint bid to host the 2028 UEFA European Football Championship.
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Question reference: S6W-12514
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what it is doing to support sustainable rural bus services in Fife.
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Question reference: S6O-01694
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made on the delivery of its Heat in Buildings Strategy, including decarbonising homes and workplaces.