Skip to main content

Language: English / Gàidhlig

Loading…

Chamber and committees

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.

Find out more about parliamentary questions

Filter your results Hide all filters

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 10 December 2024
Answer status
Question type

Displaying 999 questions Show Answers

|

Question reference: S6W-29693

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its reported cessation of all “non-essential” advertising for the remainder of the financial year, what advertising it considers to be “essential”. 

Question reference: S6W-29612

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 05 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Natalie Don-Innes on 17 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government how much (a) it has allocated to and (b) has been spent by the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund, and whether its commitment to invest £500 million in the fund by the end of the current parliamentary session remains its position.

Question reference: S6W-29546

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 17 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out its working definition of austerity.

Question reference: S6T-02092

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 09 September 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the Commonwealth Games potentially being hosted in Glasgow in 2026.

Question reference: S6W-29171

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 19 August 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Kaukab Stewart on 3 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work on inclusive communication, following the closure of its consultation on a Scottish Specific Duty on inclusive communication.

Question reference: S6W-28800

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 19 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the feasibility study conducted by (a) Aberdeen and (b) Glasgow airport on establishing a multi-modal hydrogen innovation hub to be published, and what it expects the next steps in this process will be.

Question reference: S6W-28799

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 July 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Alasdair Allan on 19 August 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what factors led it to choose Aberdeen and Glasgow airports as possible locations for a multi-modal hydrogen innovation hub.

Question reference: S6T-02058

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 June 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported public safety and environmental concerns arising from the fire at Linwood industrial estate on 23 June.

Question reference: S6F-03260

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2024
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 June 2024

To ask the First Minister what assurances the Scottish Government can provide to the arts and culture sector to ensure confidence, in light of the reported issues with the sponsorship of cultural events.

Question reference: S6W-27460

  • Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 May 2024
  • Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 23 May 2024

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14445 by Neil Gray on 7 February 2023, whether it will provide updated information on how many public libraries have closed in each year since 2009, based on the latest information available.