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-24776
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23731 by Fiona Hyslop on 4 January 2024, how many members of staff in the subsidy control team will work on exploring the case for the direct award of the CHFS3 contract to CalMac in the period up to 31 August 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-24773
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23734 by Fiona Hyslop on 4 January 2024, what the current full-time equivalent staffing level is for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Service 3 team, and on what date the team was established.
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Question reference: S6W-24774
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23734 by Fiona Hyslop on 4 January 2024, whether it will provide a list of the officials who are providing internal specialist support on legal, financial and subsidy control issues.
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Question reference: S6W-24769
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-23732 by Fiona Hyslop on 4 January 2024, when the last such discussion took place between Transport Scotland and the Department for Transport, and what information it can provide on who represented the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6O-03076
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it plans to use to assess how successful the ScotRail peak fares removal pilot has been.
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Question reference: S6O-03025
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the potential impact on health and wellbeing of people in Scotland, what action it can take in response to reported calls for free-to-air broadcasting of Scotland's national team football matches.
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Question reference: S6W-24469
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support renewables manufacturing that is not within sites designated as Greenports.
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Question reference: S6W-24417
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what improvements have been made to fish health and mortality monitoring in the salmon farming industry since January 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-24418
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action (a) SEPA and (b) Marine Scotland has taken to reduce the level of (i) sea lice infestation, (ii) gill disease and (iii) fish deaths in the salmon farming industry since 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-24424
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 January 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many closed containment fish farms currently operate in Scotland, broken down by (a) the managing company and (b) location, and what action it is taking to encourage a move towards closed containment fish farms in Scotland.