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-04895
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 August 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 September 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding any impact on its energy policy and strategy, what its response is to Ofgem's announcement on 27 August regarding the energy price cap.
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Question reference: S6O-04808
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 June 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of care home providers have reported recruitment difficulties since the UK left the EU.
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Question reference: S6O-04681
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with the UK Government regarding the impact of the increase to employer national insurance contributions on local government finances.
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Question reference: S6O-04588
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 April 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the City of Edinburgh Council regarding the progress of the Edinburgh City Plan 2040.
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Question reference: S6O-04394
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 February 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how Scotland’s recorded crime rate compares with other areas of the UK.
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Question reference: S6O-04334
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 February 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what impact trade barriers have on the Scottish economy.
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Question reference: S6O-04220
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its latest assessment is of the impact of Brexit on Scotland’s rural economy.
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Question reference: S6O-04215
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 January 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what the current value of Scotland’s renewable energy output is to the UK economy.
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Question reference: S6O-04151
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement in its draft Budget 2025-26 that it plans to mitigate the UK Government’s two-child benefit cap policy in Scotland, what it estimates the cost will be of doing so, per affected child.
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Question reference: S6O-04120
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it supports the bus industry to transfer to zero-emission technologies.
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