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-11946
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it anticipates the licensing of grouse moor management, as recommended in the Werritty review, will be monitored and enforced, and how management breaches will be identified and reported.
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Question reference: S6W-11944
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the licensing of grouse moor management, as recommended in the Werritty review, will include a proactive monitoring regime to ensure that licences are revoked should breaches occur.
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Question reference: S6W-11920
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to ensure that its new Cancer Strategy, due to be published in March 2023, addresses any unique difficulties in the early diagnosis of leukaemia.
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Question reference: S6W-11742
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the restoration of tax-free shopping for overseas visitors as a means of supporting Scotland’s retail and tourism sectors.
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Question reference: S6O-01453
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps have been taken to ensure that retailers are aware of and comply with the measures in the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act 2022 that came into effect on 10 October.
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Question reference: S6W-11296
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Short Life Food Security and Supply Taskforce report, whether the Food Security Unit has been set up and, if this is not the case, when it anticipates that this will take place, and what engagement it has had in this regard with (a) the UK Government, (b) the EU and (c) other international food security structures, including the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism (EFSCM).
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Question reference: S6W-11630
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Angus Robertson on 17 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the next paper in the Building a New Scotland series to inform the debate on Scotland’s future.
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Question reference: S6O-01428
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact of the cost of living crisis on poverty levels in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01388
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of the cumulative impact on business of the pressures of a weak currency, high inflation, rising energy costs and Brexit.
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Question reference: S6W-10497
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the terms of reference are for its Women in Enterprise Review, and when the review is scheduled to be published.