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: S5W-06439
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many energy-efficient, affordable houses have been built in the Lochaber area in 2016-17, and how this compares with the period, 1999 to 2007.
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Question reference: S5W-06437
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on people in Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch of the lessons learned at the second Nuisance Call Commission.
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Question reference: S5W-06438
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 January 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 31 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in affordable housing in the Lochaber area in 2016-17.
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Question reference: S5O-00630
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh report, Standards informing delivery of care in rural surgery.
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Question reference: S5W-06213
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 January 2017
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 17 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in appointing new members to the board of the Crofting Commission.
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Question reference: S5O-00522
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its consideration of the proposal to introduce travelling domestic abuse courts in the Highlands.
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Question reference: S5F-00622
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2016
To ask the First Minister how much the Scottish Government has allocated to tackle fuel poverty and improve energy efficiency in this parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S5W-04976
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 23 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the outcome of Rio Tinto's strategic review of the Lochaber assets.
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Question reference: S5O-00346
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to people from Scotland who are engaged in legal proceedings in jurisdictions outside Scotland.