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: S6O-03690
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what impact its recently announced budget reductions will have on investment in infrastructure that supports agriculture in remote and island communities.
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Question reference: S6O-03696
- Asked by: Humza Yousaf, MSP for Glasgow Pollok, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on funding allocations to ensure the best possible cancer care for patients, particularly within their local communities.
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Question reference: S6O-03695
- Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lanarkshire regarding the progress of the Monklands Replacement Project.
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Question reference: S6O-03692
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing for new entrants to farming.
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Question reference: S6O-03700
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide any additional funding to NHS Highland, in light of the reported overspend in excess of £50 million by the NHS board in its 2023-24 revenue budget.
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Question reference: S6O-03694
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Dr Stephen Smith’s evaluation of the Alcohol Related Brain Damage (ARBD) Residential Rehabilitation Service in Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6O-03686
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support animal welfare.
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Question reference: S6O-03701
- Asked by: Ben Macpherson, MSP for Edinburgh Northern and Leith, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Act 2024 and Cladding Remediation Programme, including the Scottish Safer Buildings Accord and Single Building Assessment pilot programme.
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Question reference: S6O-03702
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of almost 10,000 children living in temporary accommodation and 110,000 households on the waiting list for affordable social housing, what progress it has made towards providing those affected with safe and affordable accommodation.
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Question reference: S6O-03704
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its Pre-budget Fiscal Update on 3 September, what the potential impact will be of its "review and reprofile of recruitment" at Social Security Scotland on the agency’s provision of frontline services to clients.
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