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-02981
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Forestry Regional Strategic Woodland Creation Project fits with the (a) role of Regional Land Use Partnerships and Frameworks and (b) South of Scotland Regional Land Use Partnership pilot.
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Question reference: S6W-03200
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is undertaking in partnership with the UK Government and telecoms companies to improve digital inclusion in the Glasgow region.
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Question reference: S6W-02307
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria need to be met in order for an area of a hospital to be designated a stroke unit; how the capabilities of stroke units have been maintained during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that people who survive a stroke receive full stroke unit care; which NHS boards have had their stroke units downgraded during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how many stroke patients have had their recovery impacted as a result.
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Question reference: S6W-03065
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the actions set out in Annex A of the Draft Heat in Buildings Strategy from February 2021, what the (a) timescale for delivery, (b) current status and (c) expenditure to date is for each of the actions.
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Question reference: S6W-02625
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the UK Government's investment in hydrogen as an alternative energy source, including the Acorn Hydrogen project in Aberdeenshire.
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Question reference: S6W-02293
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 4 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00855 by Humza Yousaf on 19 July 2021, whether it will provide equivalent information on (a)(i) amber- and (ii) yellow-coded calls and (b) the total number of calls responded to over the same period.
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Question reference: S6W-03143
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans and policy regarding the freeze on council tax.
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Question reference: S6W-03024
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what empirical data it expects local authorities to provide to allow the introduction of a short-term let control area.
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Question reference: S6W-03026
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the overprovision regimes under the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (Licensing of Short-term Lets) Order 2021 and Town and Country Planning (Short-term Let Control Areas) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 interact with each other.
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Question reference: S6W-03127
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) has conducted and (b) plans to conduct a policy impact assessment for Scotland in relation to the UK Government's Nationality and Borders Bill.