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-04807
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what carbon metric-based recycling targets it has considered setting for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-04728
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it would gather evidence when considering whether proof of COVID-19 vaccine status is required for entry to cinemas.
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Question reference: S6W-04649
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to reduce the waiting times for orthopaedic surgery in NHS Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S6W-04544
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many staff there are in its (a) COVID-19 and (b) flu vaccination centres, broken down by category.
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Question reference: S6F-00604
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 December 2021
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will set up a commission on preventing violence against women and girls, in light of reports that one in five teenage girls have been sexually assaulted.
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Question reference: S6W-03678
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons it removed the obligation to isolate and report positive cases of COVID-19 for children under a certain age.
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Question reference: S6W-04758
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish an evaluation of its pilot of the Child Disability Payment.
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Question reference: S6W-04680
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 29 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the publication of its consultation report on the draft licensing order and business and regulatory impact assessment (BRIA) for short-term lets, how many local authorities responded to the consultation exercise and, of those who responded, how many (a) raised no issues with the proposed licensing and (b) highlighted concerns over (i) fees, (ii) resourcing, and (iii) a lack of start-up costs associated with licensing.
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Question reference: S6W-03685
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to increase the number of face-to-face appointments with GPs.
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Question reference: S6W-04692
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 30 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve safety on the A9 between Inverness and Tore, and whether it will consider lowering the speed limit on the road to 50mph.