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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 ��˿�� 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: S5O-04026

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2020
Current Status: Answered by Michael Russell on 22 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the transfer of powers to Scotland following Brexit.

Question reference: S5O-03964

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to calls for it to no longer offer contracts to private firms that employ people on zero-hours contracts.

Question reference: S5F-03806

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Monday, 16 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2019

To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to prevent people with mental health conditions becoming homeless.

Question reference: S5O-03946

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to reports that there are regular breaches of the time limits aimed at preventing delay in High Court trials.

Question reference: S5W-26452

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what representations it will make to Ofgem and the UK Government as part of the Supplier Licencing Review.

Question reference: S5W-26457

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will ask Ofgem to provide an estimate of the average credit balance held by customers in Scotland for each energy supply company that has failed since January 2018.

Question reference: S5W-26454

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will seek reassurance from Ofgem that any new rules it is proposing to put in place under the Supplier Licencing Review will alleviate the moral hazard problem in the energy supply market where suppliers are able to use an uninformed line of credit in the form of customer credit balances.

Question reference: S5W-26453

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will encourage Ofgem, through its Supplier Licencing Review, to ensure that energy suppliers guarantee (a) 100% of their credit balances and (b) government policy costs, should they fail through parent company guarantees, ringfenced cash or any other appropriate financial instrument.

Question reference: S5W-26474

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 21 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the Consumers and Markets Taskforce has had with Citizens Advice Scotland regarding options for a unified priority services register across public authorities, agencies and utilities.

The Consumers and Markets Taskforce was created to provide Scottish Ministers with strategic advice on priorities and actions relating to consumer and market issues in Scotland. As its remit evolved, its focus moved to supporting the practical development of Consumer Scotland in order to ensure that the Scottish Government’s desire to better represent consumers and put them at the centre of policy-making could be realised. As this work has continued, The Scottish Government has also provided support to consumer advocacy and advice bodies to ensure that the needs of priority consumers are considered and acted upon and the needs of priority customers continue to be discussed in Ministers’ and officials’ direct engagements with energy suppliers.

Question reference: S5W-26456

Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 5 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Ofgem on protecting consumers from higher bills as a direct result of energy supply company failures, where credit balances and unpaid renewables obligations are thereafter mutualised across other suppliers.