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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: S6W-28765
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the assertion in the Transport Scotland paper, Aviation Statement and Key Priorities, that it expects to follow a similar CO2 emissions reduction trajectory to that set out in the UK Government’s Jet Zero strategy, what consideration it has given to the UK Climate Change Committee’s 2023 report to the UK Parliament that this is “high risk” due to its reliance on nascent technology, and what policy frameworks it will put in place to ensure that emissions reductions in the aviation sector occur if these technologies are not delivered on time and at sufficient scale.
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Question reference: S6W-28760
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Transport Scotland paper, Aviation Statement and Key Priorities, did not include a reference to the memorandum of understanding that it signed with Heathrow Airport in support of the building of a third runway.
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Question reference: S6W-28743
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential impact on people in Scotland who are refugees, what representations it has made to the UK Government regarding applying the lessons learnt from the schemes to support people from Ukraine and explore ways to offer safe routes to others seeking sanctuary.
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Question reference: S6W-28741
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help displaced people across the private rented sector.
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Question reference: S6W-28742
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the potential impact on people in Scotland who are refugees, whether it has made representations to the UK Government to publish a national integration strategy that promotes more equal support for all displaced people and builds on learning across each of the four UK nations.
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Question reference: S6W-28764
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the Transport Scotland paper, Aviation Statement and Key Priorities, what projections it has made of the country's aviation emissions in (a) each year between 2023 and 2030, (b) 2040 and (c) 2045.
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Question reference: S6W-28769
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the UK Climate Change Committee's report to the Scottish Parliament, which was published in March 2024, what its response is to the recommendation that it should publish a detailed strategy for decarbonising aviation as soon as possible in 2024, and that this should set out the capability of the technologies that will be prioritised to achieve this aim, whether it expects to achieve this before the end of the year, and, if so, by what date.
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Question reference: S6W-28770
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains its policy position that the building of a third runway at Heathrow Airport should deliver 200 extra flights to airports in Scotland per week.
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Question reference: S6W-28759
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what organisations and companies were met in preparation of the Transport Scotland paper, Aviation Statement and Key Priorities, and on what dates.
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Question reference: S6W-28768
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 23 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the UK Climate Change Committee’s report to the Scottish Parliament, which was published in March 2024, what its response is to the observation that the Air Departure Tax is "overdue" and should be implemented as soon as possible, and whether it plans to introduce this before the end of the current parliamentary session.
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