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-28335
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jim Fairlie on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27671 by Jim Fairlie on 4 June 2024, when it plans to roll out the national pilot scheme to provide free bus travel to people seeking asylum, and what plans it has to evaluate the impact of the scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-28691
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 21 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28363 by Mairi Gougeon on 22 July 2024, what further action it will take to support the development of nominations for new national parks.
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Question reference: S6W-28692
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 21 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-28363 by Mairi Gougeon on 22 July 2024, what consideration it will give to potentially extending the boundary of the (a) Cairngorms National Park and (b) Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park to incorporate parts of the Tay Forest National Park bid area.
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Question reference: S6W-28671
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 19 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19916 by Gillian Martin on 31 July 2023, what progress has been made towards reviewing building standards to require the use of swift bricks and other features to support birds.
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Question reference: S6W-28363
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its previous commitment to establish at least one new national park before the end of the current parliamentary session, and the reporter process to do so reportedly needing to be started in summer 2024 in order to be able to deliver any new national parks within this timeframe, when it will make the decision on which region or regions to take forward into the reporter process; when the reporter process will start, and how it will inform the Parliament of any decisions in order for any new national parks to be delivered before May 2026.
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Question reference: S6W-28576
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 13 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of any regulatory failures of water bodies have been due to road water run-off, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-28411
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 15 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what policy measures it is considering to encourage people in Scotland to eat more plant-based meals, as illustrated in the Eatwell Guide.
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Question reference: S6W-28410
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 9 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Climate Change Committee's recommendation in the publication, Progress in reducing emissions in Scotland, 2023 Report to Parliament, whether it has further investigated the emissions reduction potential of dietary choices in Scotland, particularly in relation to meat and dairy consumption reduction.
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Question reference: S6W-28477
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 1 August 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discretion exists for bus service operators to charge booking fees to passengers making journeys under concessionary travel schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-28209
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 26 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what work it is undertaking to update the School Premises (General Requirements and Standards) (Scotland) Regulations 1967.
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