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: S6W-23062
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 November 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the next paper in the Building a New Scotland series will be published.
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Question reference: S6O-02764
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to issue government bonds.
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Question reference: S6W-22563
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 October 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the provision of support for young people travelling on ferries.
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Question reference: S6W-21977
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 23 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on proposals from SSE Renewables to halve the number of gannets harvested in the annual Guga Hunt at Sula Sgeir to compensate for mortalities caused by the Berwick Bank Offshore Wind Farm.
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Question reference: S6W-22149
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 18 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported technical issues with MV Loch Bhrusda, MV Loch Alainn and MV Loch Portain, which have left the Western Isles with no inter-island ferry service, whether it will consider accelerating phase 2 of the Small Vessel Replacement Programme.
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Question reference: S6W-22221
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 October 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Paul McLennan on 13 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the publication of the Remote, Rural and Islands Housing Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6O-02600
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how its housing strategy is supporting people on low incomes to move towards greener energy use in their homes.
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Question reference: S6O-02490
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress of its proposed Land Reform Bill.
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Question reference: S6O-02467
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement by the local government empowerment minister in July, whether it will provide an update on what discussions he has had regarding the roll-out of the Islands Cost Crisis Emergency Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-20514
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Crofting Commission processing times of applications for (a) decrofting, (b) apportionment and (c) registration, and whether processing times have improved in the last five years.