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: S5O-04940
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 January 2021
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what involvement the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and his officials had in the development of the draft guidance on collecting data on sex and gender.
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Question reference: S5W-32000
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 5 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce a bereavement support bubble policy, which would enable grieving households of any size to come together and form a support bubble with one other household, in the event of further local or national lockdowns and restrictions.
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Question reference: S5O-04878
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported decreasing trend in specialist support staff in schools.
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Question reference: S5W-33745
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33393 by Fiona Hyslop on 2 December 2020, how many people have engaged with the Young Person's Guarantee since it went live.
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Question reference: S5W-33746
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33393 by Fiona Hyslop on 2 December 2020, what it considers to be "inappropriate use of zero hour contracts".
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Question reference: S5W-33747
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 December 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 11 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33393 by Fiona Hyslop on 2 December 2020, what discussions it has had with its partners in the Young Person's Guarantee regarding the use of zero-hour contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-33392
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether organisations that wish to adopt the Young Person's Guarantee must commit to paying the living wage.
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Question reference: S5O-04839
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 December 2020
- Current Status: Awaiting answer
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the recovery of the tourism sector in Glasgow, in light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-31999
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to upscale and make more readily available bereavement support of all types, both formal and informal, to people who are grieving (a) during and (b) after the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Question reference: S5W-33391
- Asked by: Johann Lamont, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 November 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how it will engage with (a) stakeholders, (b) participants and (c) youth organisations to promote the Young Person's Guarantee.