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-23359
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any discussions that it has had with the Scottish Police Authority regarding the Chief Constable of Police Scotland’s reported 120-mile journey in a police vehicle from Edinburgh to Durham.
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Question reference: S6W-23361
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide full details regarding the reported assistance being provided to Police Scotland by an assistant chief officer from Durham Constabulary.
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Question reference: S6W-23360
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any discussions that it has had with Police Scotland, including the Chief Constable, regarding her reported 120-mile journey in a police vehicle from Edinburgh to Durham.
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Question reference: S6W-23002
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the full details of any payments that it has reportedly made towards the legal costs of Sheriff Jack Brown in relation to fitness for judicial office tribunal proceedings.
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Question reference: S6W-23526
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any engagement that it has had with any organisations on the use of remote alcohol monitoring (RAM) technology within the justice system.
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Question reference: S6W-23525
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the use of remote alcohol monitoring (RAM) technology within the justice system.
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Question reference: S6W-22933
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of any (a) internal communications involving (i) ministers and (ii) officials regarding Sheriff Alistair Duff’s role as a director of the Judicial Institute for Scotland, in light of the Police Scotland investigation that resulted in him being convicted at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
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Question reference: S6W-22932
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of any (a) internal communications involving (i) ministers and (ii) officials and (b) external communications in respect of the Police Scotland investigation that resulted in Sheriff Alistair Duff being convicted at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
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Question reference: S6W-22934
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of any (a) internal communications involving (i) ministers and (ii) officials regarding the former First Minister’s appointment of Sheriff Alistair Duff to the Fitness for Judicial Office Tribunal in 2019, in light of the Police Scotland investigation that resulted in him being convicted at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
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Question reference: S6W-22929
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take in light of reports of suspected links between the state of Iran and the Al-Mahdi Islamic Centre of Glasgow, including in relation to the £200,000 funding reportedly granted to it by the Scottish Government.