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: S6O-02218
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to tackle child poverty in the Greenock and Inverclyde constituency.
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Question reference: S6W-15982
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 24 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a response to the National Childhood Bereavement Project report, Growing Up Grieving, which was published in September 2022.
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Question reference: S6F-01903
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 March 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 March 2023
To ask the First Minister, in light of Scottish Apprenticeship Week this week, how the Scottish Government is supporting people into apprenticeships.
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Question reference: S6W-15245
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will revoke the Clydeport (COP 26 etc.) Harbour Revision Order 2021.
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Question reference: S6O-01976
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support, in addition to the local government settlement, will be allocated to Inverclyde Council in 2023-24, and how this compares to 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6T-01218
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it can provide to the investigation into the capsizing of the tugboat, MV Biter, on the River Clyde on 24 February.
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Question reference: S6O-01874
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had as part of its cross-government coordination of Covid Recovery policies regarding the wider impact of long COVID, including on the economy and workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-13740
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 20 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what funding is available to local authorities to support Gaelic-medium education.
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Question reference: S6W-13666
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact on alcohol-related harms and other public health impacts in Scotland of alcohol duty freezes.
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Question reference: S6W-13667
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 06 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is, regarding any impact in Scotland, on the role that increases in alcohol duty play as a public health measure to reduce alcohol-related harms.