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-16530
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce.
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Question reference: S6W-16528
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance next plans to meet with the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
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Question reference: S6W-16526
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report, published in March 2023, which stated that it will face “significant challenges in funding the future provision of devolved public services in Scotland”.
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Question reference: S6O-02193
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which victims groups it has consulted with on its proposed Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-16525
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost of the R100 programme has been to date, and what the projected cost will be to completion.
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Question reference: S6W-16527
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Fiscal Commission’s Fiscal Sustainability Report, published in March 2023, in which it projects that Scotland's GDP will grow "by an average of 1.2 per cent each year between 2027-28 and 2072-73, 0.4 percentage points lower on average than the OBR's March 2022 projections show for UK GDP growth", and what its assessment is of any effect that this may have on Scotland’s economic competitiveness with the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S6W-16524
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the R100 programme to be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-16523
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much additional investment it expects will be generated by the increase to the International Trade and Investment budget line in the Scottish Budget 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-16531
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Joe FitzPatrick on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the director of the Scottish Retail Consortium.
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Question reference: S6W-16529
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 13 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the directors of finance of each local authority.