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-26842
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 2 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the Self-Build Loan Fund, how many people have defaulted on their loan repayments in each financial year since it was launched.
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Question reference: S6O-03398
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what steps it is taking to improve ambulance turnaround times.
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Question reference: S6W-26859
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 15 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Higher and Further Education will report back to the Parliament on any initial steps it has made following the publication of the independent report, Fit for the Future: developing a post-school learning system to fuel economic transformation.
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Question reference: S6W-26846
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to gather the views of (a) scientists, (b) farmers, (c) food producers, (d) manufacturers and (e) consumers, in relation to reducing regulations on gene editing.
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Question reference: S6W-26847
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 29 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the regulatory approach to gene editing in Scotland, what its response is to reports that the European Parliament has voted to ease regulations in relation to gene editing.
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Question reference: S6W-26709
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what measures the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce has agreed on that will aim to "boost workforce numbers".
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Question reference: S6W-26845
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to the Monitor Farms Scotland programme in each year since it was established.
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Question reference: S6W-26844
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 26 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many farms have participated in the Monitor Farms Scotland programme in each year since it was established.
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Question reference: S6W-26848
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 April 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported warning from industry leaders that the reported £32 million reduction to the forestry and woodland creation budget will lead to 10 million trees being burnt or destroyed in some other way, with the cost of the wastage amounting to losses of £4.5 million for the sector.
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Question reference: S6W-26707
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 05 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions the Nursing and Midwifery Taskforce has met since it was announced in February 2023.