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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

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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 4 May 2021
  6. Current session: 13 May 2021 to 12 October 2025
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Question reference: S6W-15247

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it will allocate to the HIV transmission elimination implementation group.  

Question reference: S6W-14603

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by George Adam on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on proposing parliamentary business on days when strike action is being taken by workers in the Scottish Parliament.

Question reference: S6W-14878

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Priority Action to 2030 in its draft Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to 2045, to continue effective species recovery, reintroduction and reinforcement programmes, adequately reflects the goals and targets for species recovery in the outputs from the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, and whether it will increase the ambition and priority given to targeted species recovery programmes in its draft strategy. 

Question reference: S6W-14639

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) energy companies and (b) their representatives on issues regarding the force-fitting of prepayment meters.

Question reference: S6W-14641

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 06 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to protect people who might be vulnerable to the force-fitting of prepayment meters by energy companies.

Question reference: S6W-15078

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the compatibility of the forthcoming Deposit Return Scheme and the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020.

Question reference: S6W-15000

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the reported announcement of a review by the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service into the process for warrants to energy companies regarding the forced installation of meters, in light of the recent guidance issued by Lord Justice Edis to courts in England and Wales that applications for warrants of entry to domestic premises for the purpose of installing a pre-payment meter should cease with immediate effect.

Question reference: S6W-15288

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of recommendation 8 of the Scottish Eating Disorder Services Review, published in 2021, to improve standards of eating disorder care within primary care.

Question reference: S6W-15314

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on local authorities pursuing parents for school meal debt during a cost of living crisis, and what plans it has to prevent this.

Question reference: S6W-14799

  • Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 6 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to increase the number of apprenticeships working for ScotRail as (a) drivers and (b) engineers.