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
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Question reference: S6W-03961
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the use of non-animal alternatives in research and testing that currently uses animals.
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Question reference: S6W-03439
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the Minister for Energy, Connectivity and the Islands during his ministerial statement on 11 February 2021 that a "hydrogen action plan...is due for publication in 2021", by what date in 2021 it plans to publish this.
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Question reference: S6W-03478
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what evidence requirements it will set for self-catering premises owners seeking to register their property for non-domestic rates to demonstrate that the let is (a) available for 140 days and (b) actually let for 70 days in a financial year, in order to remain on the valuation roll; how these requirements will be enforced, and how enforcement will be funded.
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Question reference: S6W-03687
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to introduce an initiative similar to the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme Demonstrator that has been introduced by UK Government and, if so, by what date.
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Question reference: S6W-03761
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of which type of court the reported 62,907 domestic abuse incidents recorded by Police Scotland in 2019-20 were tried in.
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Question reference: S6W-03791
- Asked by: Paul O'Kane, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 15 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how death, dying and bereavement education will be supported in schools, in light of it not being included in the report on the review of personal and social education in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-03940
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether there are any plans to introduce a digital prescription scheme for patients who have repeat prescriptions.
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Question reference: S6W-03717
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the provisions in sections 5 to 7 of the Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act 2019 are due to come into force.
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Question reference: S6W-03388
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 1 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the Minister for Transport on 23 September 2021 that there is a plan in place to provide 30,000 electric vehicle charge points by 2030, which is “evolving”, how many (a) electric vehicle (EV), (b) diesel and (c) petrol cars it projects will be in use by 2030; how frequently the plan projects the EVs will be charged, based on annual mileage; how many EVs it is notionally allocating per charging point; where the (i) private and (ii) public charging points will be located, and how much electricity it projects will required to be generated to service the charging points.
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Question reference: S6W-03734
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timetable for its proposed legislation on fair rents.