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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

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Question reference: S6O-03705

Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what impact its national mission to tackle child poverty is having in the Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley constituency.

Question reference: S6O-03695

Asked by: Fulton MacGregor, MSP for Coatbridge and Chryston, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Lanarkshire regarding the progress of the Monklands Replacement Project.

Question reference: S6O-03688

Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason rainforests were excluded from the deer management incentive scheme pilots.

Question reference: S6O-03692

Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 September 2024
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what support it is providing for new entrants to farming.

Question reference: S6W-29131

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 August 2024
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the conclusions of its review of the Affordable Housing Supply Programme.

Question reference: S6W-29133

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 August 2024
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates that it will meet the target of delivering 110,000 homes by 2032, as set out in the Affordable Housing Supply Programme.

Question reference: S6W-29132

Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Thursday, 15 August 2024
Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 4 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its current projections are on reaching the target of delivering 110,000 homes from the affordable housing supply budget.

To the end of March 2024, 21,092 homes have been delivered towards the target. In the absence of future year budget assumptions we do not have current projections towards the 110,000 affordable homes target. There is additional uncertainty due to the upcoming UK budget on 30 October following the Prime Minister’s statement on 27 September which indicated that the autumn budget would be “painful”.

Question reference: S6W-29435

Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 02 September 2024
Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 4 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government by what date National Records for Scotland will next publish a report on alcohol-specific deaths.

Question reference: S6W-29174

Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 4 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the actionable steps outlined in the Zero Waste Scotland report, Scotland’s Circular Economy Practices Ecosystem: Barriers to businesses being more circular.

I welcome this report from Zero Waste Scotland, alongside its ongoing circular economy business support service. It is vital that we understand and tackle the barriers Scottish businesses face in adopting more circular operating models, ensuring we value materials and keep them in use for as long as possible. This is key for our efforts to address the climate emergency and nature crises, and create opportunities for investment and economic growth.

The report reinforces the key findings and actions proposed in our draft Circular Economy and Waste Route Map, published earlier this year. This includes work to identify ways to expand business models that prolong product lifespan, complementing our focus on producer stewardship for priority products. The sustainable, circular choices are still not the easy choices for different parts of society, including businesses, and large-scale, and rapid system change is required to ensure a more rapid transition to net zero and a fully circular economy in Scotland.

Supporting businesses to become more circular is a key part of this transition. As we finalise the Route Map for publication later this year, and develop our first statutory Circular Economy Strategy, the Scottish Government will carefully consider the report’s findings and insights.

Question reference: S6W-29191

Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
Date lodged: Tuesday, 20 August 2024
Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 September 2024

To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers considered the option of undertaking an independent review of the Community Right to Buy, and, if so, what the reasons were for deciding against this option.