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-01499
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how peatland restoration will be measured as a component of the proposed Land Management Plans in the forthcoming Land Reform Bill.
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Question reference: S6O-01376
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it can give to rural and island communities, such as those in Argyll and Bute, in light of basic fuel costs reportedly being disproportionately high historically.
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Question reference: S6W-10661
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 29 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its consultation document setting out its plans for the next Agriculture Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-10510
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 August 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 19 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the analysis of its Islands Bond consultation.
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Question reference: S6W-09421
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 June 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the current global supply chain issues resulting from the conflict in Ukraine, what actions it has taken to strengthen the food security of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01276
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to tackle population decline in the Argyll and Bute constituency and other rural areas.
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Question reference: S6W-08599
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any barriers that tenant crofters have in accessing Woodland Carbon Code funding, and, if so, what steps it is taking to address these issues.
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Question reference: S6O-01068
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how the Just Transition will support Argyll and Bute's local economy through innovation in the renewables sector.
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Question reference: S6F-01005
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 April 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 April 2022
To ask the First Minister what assurances the Scottish Government has had from the UK Government that the reported privatisation of Channel 4 will not negatively impact the development of the creative sector across Scotland and the growth of new Scottish talent.
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Question reference: S6W-07235
- Asked by: Jenni Minto, MSP for Argyll and Bute, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the current average level of transport spending per person in Scotland, and how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.