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-03204
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that all nationally significant infrastructure projects deliver a net biodiversity gain.
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Question reference: S6W-03471
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Ash Denham on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will consult on the recommendations in the report of the Independent Review of Legal Services Regulation in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-03226
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that, in NHS Grampian, the (a) average waiting time for the psychological therapy services is 28 weeks, with 240 people waiting and (b) current waiting for a first assessment for psychotherapy services is 32 weeks, with 124 people waiting, and what action it is taking to support the NHS board in reducing these times.
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Question reference: S6W-03074
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, 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 what work it is carrying out regarding the resourcing and performance of the planning system involving windfarm applications, and when it will report on any such work.
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Question reference: S6W-03043
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its Programme for Government, whether it will set out its plan for a "transitions strategy".
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Question reference: S6W-03016
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to bus operators in receipt of government funding on returning services to pre-pandemic levels.
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Question reference: S6W-03015
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to (a) help the private nursery sector implement the roll-out of 1,140 hours of funded early learning and childcare and (b) ensure that the private and public nursery sectors are being supported equally.
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Question reference: S6W-02976
- Asked by: Pam Gosal, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made implementing a student mental health action plan that embeds mental health and wellbeing into the curriculum.
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Question reference: S6W-03436
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Lorna Slater on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on plans for the review of the role of incineration in the waste hierarchy in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-03467
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by John Swinney on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the legislation that it will introduce to implement COVID-19 vaccine certification.
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