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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 28 April 2025
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Question reference: S5W-35699

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to ensure that the delayed ScotWind Leasing process does not undermine the long-term employment prospects of workers in the offshore wind supply chain.

Question reference: S5W-35707

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 18 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the announcement by Crown Estate Scotland on 11 February 2021 of an extension to the deadline for applications to ScotWind Leasing, when it expects the review of the options structure to be completed, and if it will outline the reforms that are under consideration.

Question reference: S5O-05155

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 March 2021
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what support it will provide for the regeneration of the city centre and beachfront in Aberdeen.

Question reference: S5W-35705

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with operators of oil and gas production facilities in the North Sea, ahead of potential applications through the ScotWind Leasing process.

Question reference: S5W-35708

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consult with communities over the use of funds that were paid to Crown Estate Scotland by developers of offshore wind farms through the ScotWind Leasing process.

Question reference: S5W-35702

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 17 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that the ScotWind Leasing process does not allow offshore wind farm developers to drive risk and cost reduction down the supply chain.

Question reference: S5W-35700

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its estimate is of the energy generating potential at each of the fifteen plan options that are outlined in the Sectoral Marine Plan for Offshore Wind.

Question reference: S5W-35430

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 February 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 16 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it will provide a substantive answer to question (a) S5W-34138, (b) S5W-34139, (c) S5W-34140 and (d) S5W-34141, which received a holding response on 14 January 2021.

Question reference: S5W-35704

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on an appropriate rate of return for shareholders in companies that are applying to lease offshore wind farm sites through the ScotWind process.

Question reference: S5W-35710

  • Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 March 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 12 March 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs have been supported by the Ninian North decommissioning project, and whether it has discussed this site with Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage.