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-03871
- Asked by: Paul McLennan, MSP for East Lothian, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to strengthen policy on ancient woodland and veteran tree protection in National Planning Framework 4.
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Question reference: S6W-03231
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people with asthma will be offered a COVID-19 booster vaccination.
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Question reference: S6W-04058
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to increase the percentage of non-electrical heat demand that is met by renewable technologies.
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Question reference: S6W-04444
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 November 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its Heat Networks Delivery Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-04048
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03555 by Lorna Slater on 25 October 2021, whether it will provide the information requested, and whether it plans to introduce domestic targets for waste that are based on the carbon metric rather than on weight, as set out in Scotland's Zero Waste Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-04045
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 November 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) formal guidance on its red list, which states that "(t)he Red List should [therefore] not be interpreted as a means of priority setting. The difference between measuring threats and assessing conservation priorities needs to be appreciated."
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Question reference: S6W-03895
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost is of training a medical student.
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Question reference: S6W-03897
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional medical students it believes will be needed to resolve the reported staffing issues, and how much it believes it will cost to fill these places.
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Question reference: S6W-03997
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 12 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to any plans it has to support businesses to reduce their carbon footprint by installing solar panels, what the timetable is for these plans; whether support will be provided to incentivise such installation, and whether non-domestic rates relief will be provided to businesses with systems that generate 50kW or more.
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Question reference: S6W-04012
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to decrease the moisture content limit for the sale of firewood to 20%, as set out in its consultation paper, Cleaner Air For Scotland 2, published in October 2020, and, if so, whether it will provide details of the reasons for choosing the 20% limit, in light of hardwood that is airdried for two years in the traditional way reportedly having a moisture content of between 17% and 23%, which may mean that half of all such hardwood is unfit for sale.
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