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-27553
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to re-examine the installation of a fixed link between Cowal and the Isle of Bute, as originally proposed in the option appraisal for the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
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Question reference: S6W-27556
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to re-examine the installation of a fixed link between the Isle of Jura and Isle of Islay, as originally proposed in the option appraisal for the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2).
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Question reference: S6W-27637
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered introducing a target for the number of people accessing the teaching bursary scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-27525
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many tonnes of peat were damaged by the landslide at the Viking Wind Farm site in Shetland on 7 May 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27511
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) correspondence and (b) engagement it has had with non-departmental public bodies, also known as quangos, in relation to the recent findings from The Scotsman investigation.
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Question reference: S6O-03515
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has held any recent discussions with SSEN Transmission, in light of reported concerns by communities in the Highlands and Islands region regarding electricity transmission proposals.
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Question reference: S6O-03546
- Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to prevent children and young people from overdosing on over-the-counter medication.
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Question reference: S6O-03544
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to revise the terms of reference that it has set for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
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Question reference: S6O-03545
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported calls for a moratorium on the closure of publicly owned care homes.
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Question reference: S6O-03547
- Asked by: Bob Doris, MSP for Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is investing in affordable homes within Glasgow, including within the Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn constituency, to help address any housing need.
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