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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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Question reference: S6O-00038

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 June 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 June 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans for National Towns of Culture.

Question reference: S6F-00067

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 June 2021

To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will consider issuing a formal apology to the historic victims of forced adoption.

Question reference: S5W-36126

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 23 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on (a) Hunterston and Torness power stations and (b) EDF Renewables of the reported EU plan to break-up EDF, and what discussions it has had or plans with (i) the UK Government, (ii) EDF and (iii) the EU regarding this.

Question reference: S5O-05140

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what resources it has provided for investment in the West College Scotland campus.

Question reference: S5T-02718

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 15 March 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it and Police Scotland are ensuring that women are protected from harassment and violence.

Question reference: S5W-35712

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 11 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what public funding it has provided to Rolls Royce, and what associated provisions or requirements were placed on any funding.

Question reference: S5W-34357

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what priority will be given to supermarket workers regarding the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination programme.

We are thankful to all the supermarket workers across the country for their continued hard work to ensure that our communities and individuals have access to food supplies especially during these challenging times.

But all decisions to prioritise one population group over another are not taken lightly, nor are they straightforward. That is why our prioritisation decisions have been, and will continue to be, guided by the independent expert advice from the JCVI, who have clearly assessed that age is the greatest risk factor from Covid-19 harm.

We are working to get vaccines to everyone as quickly as we can, and hope to have vaccinated all those on the JCVI prioritisation list by the end of spring 2021, vaccine supplies permitting.

Question reference: S5W-35136

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the "digital platform to record vaccinations" that it plans to develop, as outlined in its draft Budget, will allow for the deployment of an effective and secure health passport system as part of its response to COVID-19.

We continue to engage in international developments in relation to Coronavirus (COVID-19), including on the issue of vaccine certification.

These discussions are led by the World Health Organisation and include consideration of technical details, ethical and equality issues, and privacy standards. The outcome of those discussions will guide our work in this area.

It is too soon to introduce any form of certification. We need to know more about the efficacy of the vaccines, their impact on transmission and the length of immunity before it would be safe to introduce a vaccine certificate.

Question reference: S5W-35135

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it plans to develop a "digital platform to record vaccinations", as outlined in its draft Budget, and how it plans to utilise the data collected from the platform.

Question reference: S5W-35548

Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 25 February 2021
Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 4 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that people with learning disabilities who are living in supported accommodation will receive the COVID-19 vaccination as part of priority group 6, and when this group will begin to be vaccinated.

We understand that many people with mild and moderate Learning/Intellectual disabilities will be eligible for priority group 6 due to underlying health conditions.

We believe our more straightforward approach of inviting everyone with a learning disability for vaccination during cohort 6 will bring peace of mind and add a small number of people to the current cohort who would have otherwise been offered vaccination later.

Priority group 6 is one of the largest on the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) list. It will take several weeks to provide first doses to everyone and the speed with which we can offer first doses is dependent on our supplies.