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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 11 February 2025
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Question reference: S6W-10525

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reports that charities that normally qualify for water charge rebates, but were involved in dispersing grants in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, have had their turnover artificially inflated to above £300,000, meaning they no longer qualify, and whether it will undertake to provide an exemption in such cases.

Question reference: S6W-10937

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of registered social landlords merging there have been in the Glasgow region since (a) 2014 and (b) 2010.

Question reference: S6W-10936

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what responsibilities community-owned housing associations have to provide their members and service users with details of proposed mergers.

Question reference: S6W-10954

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a list of the current members of the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund Investment Panel.

Question reference: S6W-10935

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether the Scottish Housing Regulator is aware of Reidvale Housing Association's strategic options appraisal, and what action it can take to ensure the regulator publishes any such document on its website.

Question reference: S6W-10451

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the Project Neptune report will be published.

Question reference: S6W-10418

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will permit Scottish Canals to access ongoing Sustrans funding to maintain, for a period of 50 years, the new Stockingfield Bridge over the Forth & Clyde Canal.

Question reference: S6W-10440

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when the National Drugs Mission Oversight Group met for the first time, and what the schedule of three-monthly meeting dates for the group is.

Question reference: S6W-10414

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will permit Scottish Canals to retain its annual operating surplus in order to continue to sustainably fund long-term and multi-year regeneration projects, such as the Claypits Local Nature Reserve.

Question reference: S6W-10417

  • Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that Scottish Canals has the financial support required to reduce the reported £50 million backlog of repair works to maintain the historic canal network.