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-03243
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the latest report by the Royal Bank of Scotland on private sector activity, which showed that employment growth in Scotland was faster than any other UK nation or region.
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Question reference: S6O-03246
- Asked by: Kate Forbes, MSP for Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the voices of Highland communities are appropriately considered by the Energy Consents Unit when assessing applications from developers.
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Question reference: S6O-03241
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to spend the £295 million in Barnett consequential funding arising from the UK Government’s 2024 Spring Budget.
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Question reference: S6O-03247
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the implementation of the Immediate Priorities Plan developed with disabled people’s organisations.
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Question reference: S6O-03240
- Asked by: Jackie Dunbar, MSP for Aberdeen Donside, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the work that it is doing to support elected representatives to take parental leave.
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Question reference: S6O-03242
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Audit Scotland report, Decarbonising heat in homes, and the recent report by the Regulatory Review Group regarding the forthcoming Heat in Buildings Bill, what action it is taking to further assess and develop the supply chain for decarbonising buildings.
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Question reference: S6O-03221
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to grow Scotland's creative industries.
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Question reference: S6O-03216
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 March 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 March 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it has taken to support the provision of humanitarian assistance to the people of Gaza.
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