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
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Question reference: S6W-05708
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that all secondary school pupils are offered the opportunity to study psychology.
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Question reference: S6O-00691
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the plans to dual the A75 between Dumfries and the A74(M).
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Question reference: S6W-05679
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to increase the re-use and recycling of assistive technology and mobility aids provided by the public sector that are currently (a) held in (i) community stores and (i) the NHS and (b) on loan to individuals.
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Question reference: S6W-05308
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) correspondence and (b) meetings it has had with (i) Tata Steel and (ii) Liberty House since identifying that it may have broken state aid rules while facilitating the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, and whether it will publish any (A) minutes and (B) documents regarding this since 1 January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05318
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how disputes about state aid rules are resolved in Scotland post-Brexit, and whether the Court of Session and Supreme Court now have responsibility for interpreting and ruling on any dispute relating to a historic transaction that may have been in violation of pre-Brexit state aid rules.
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Question reference: S6W-05634
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government to what degree and in what ways the Scottish Green Party and the Cooperation Agreement influenced the decision to reduce funding for capital works on motorways and trunk roads from £155.7 million to £136.9 million.
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Question reference: S6W-05320
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider its decision to redact the section on assumed liabilities of the business purchase agreement in relation to the Dalzell steelworks, as set out in the response to freedom of information request FOI/202100212787, a review of FOI/202100203997.
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Question reference: S6W-05321
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will reconsider its decision to redact clause 12.4 on the total aggregate liability in the release of the business purchase agreement in relation to the Dalzell steelworks, as set out in the response to freedom of information request FOI/202100212787, a review of FOI/202100203997.
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Question reference: S6W-05326
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what legal advice it received in relation to the facilitation of the sale of the Dalzell steelworks, and whether it contained a single view or range of views on whether it complied with state aid rules.
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Question reference: S6W-05315
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of the total environmental remediation cost of the Dalzell steelworks it would be liable to pay under the agreement it facilitated in 2016 in the event that (a) the site is repurposed as a result of a decision by Liberty Steel and (b) the parent company ceases to exist, and what proportion other parties would be liable for in each circumstance.