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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: S6F-01115

Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

To ask the First Minister what further talks the Scottish Government has had with the UK Government about future oil and gas fields off the coast of Scotland.

Question reference: S6F-01111

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government is supporting households, communities and businesses to take part in the Big Plastic Count.

Question reference: S6F-01106

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to prevent future rail service cancellations due to industrial action by drivers.

Question reference: S6F-01098

Asked by: Douglas Ross, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01099

Asked by: Anas Sarwar, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

Question to be taken in Chamber.

Question reference: S6F-01100

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 16 May 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 May 2022

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to support the health and wellbeing of the NHS workforce.

Question reference: S6W-08422

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what methods it will use to incorporate understanding of women’s experiences of poverty and training/development into the design of the Child Poverty Delivery Plan interventions on skills and employability.

The Scottish Government is committed to supporting and empowering women and girls to reach their full potential through our sustainable and inclusive economic growth ambitions.

In our recently published Best Start, Bright Futures: Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan 2022-26, we committed to building on existing work to remove barriers to employment, taking a strategic and intersectional approach to tackling employment inequalities. We know that the voice of lived experience is vital in developing and implementing policy to tackle poverty, and will continue to work with partners in the delivery of this plan.

To incorporate understanding of women’s experiences, we will be working in partnership with our key stakeholders and partners, as well as key advocacy groups who work directly with parents in the priority families groups outlined within the Tackling Child Poverty Delivery Plan. We have committed to establishing a Parental Lived Experience Panel in Summer 2022, to help inform our activity around employability. This will build on the on the success of our existing Lived Experience Panel, which has been invaluable in co-designing No One Left Behind, and aligns with our wider commitments to embedding the Scottish Approach to Service Design in employability. Work is also underway to develop a lifetime skills offer to support individuals and businesses to develop the skills needed now and in the future, and as these proposals are developed, we will link with key expert groups to inform the process.

Question reference: S6W-08418

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it will announce its preferred location(s) for a national slavery museum as part of action to address historic links to the transatlantic slave trade.

Question reference: S6W-08419

Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Empire, Slavery and Scotland's Museums steering group has considered the name, Nation Human Right Museum, as part of its discussions on the creation of a national slavery museum, as part of action to address historic links to the transatlantic slave trade.

Question reference: S6W-08401

Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Friday, 06 May 2022
Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 16 May 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide the details and outcome of any consideration that (a) the Deputy First Minister and (b) any other member of the Cabinet has undertaken regarding whether the Self-Isolation Support Grant should be paid at the equivalent of the Living Wage.