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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Question reference: S6W-15046
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress on the National Rail Conversation.
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Question reference: S6W-14770
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 3 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the High Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available for Control Period 7, and how these align with the wider objectives for Scotland’s Railway.
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Question reference: S6W-14777
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 February 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Lorna Slater on 3 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity extending Dr Colin Church’s position as chair of the independent review of the role of incineration in Scotland’s waste hierarchy, following his first report, Stop, Sort, Burn, Bury? Independent Review of the Role of Incineration in the Waste Hierarchy in Scotland, to enable him to consider options to decarbonise residual waste infrastructure in Scotland, whether it will provide an update on Dr Church’s second report.
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Question reference: S6W-14705
- Asked by: Clare Adamson, MSP for Motherwell and Wishaw, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 February 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Angus Robertson on 2 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on work to develop a strategy to support the culture sector’s international connections and ambitions.
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Question reference: S6W-14583
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 January 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Tom Arthur on 31 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on plans to hold a consultation on community wealth building legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-14102
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Patrick Harvie on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the expected status of the provisions within Part 1 of the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 for the period after 31 March 2023, in light of the Minister for Zero Carbon Buildings, Active Travel and Tenants’ Rights' statement to the Parliament on 12 January 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-13835
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 13 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide an update on Green Freeports.
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Question reference: S6W-13916
- Asked by: Fiona Hyslop, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 January 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the appointment of Business Advisers to the First Minister.
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Question reference: S6W-13743
- Asked by: Joe FitzPatrick, MSP for Dundee City West, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 January 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Kevin Stewart on 11 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made by the Independent Oversight and Assurance Group on Tayside’s Mental Health Services on ensuring that partners across Tayside are making improvements to the delivery of mental health services, and that progress has been made on responding to the findings and recommendations in the report, Trust and Respect, published in February 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-13388
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 December 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Onshore Wind Policy Statement, following the consultation into the draft statement between October 2021 and January 2022.