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-02179
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date it plans to introduce Compulsory Sale Order (CSO) powers for local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-02169
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had regarding using Scottish Landfill Tax to incentivise biostabilisation of waste.
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Question reference: S6W-02152
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the (a) warnings in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment report on climate change and (b) UN Secretary-General's calls for an end to all new fossil fuel exploration and development and “immediate, strong, rapid and sustained” action to avoid global climate catastrophe.
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Question reference: S6W-02396
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 1 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it anticipates the Heat Pump Sector Deal Expert Advisory Group will meet its objective to report on its findings and strategy, as set out in the group's interim report published in June 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-02630
- Asked by: James Dornan, MSP for Glasgow Cathcart, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Clare Haughey on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of COVID-19 on the financial sustainability of childcare providers in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-02209
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date community and amateur choirs will be able to resume in-person practice and gatherings.
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Question reference: S6W-02201
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the Advisory Council on Economic Transformation hears from people who have experienced economic hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-02076
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of electric alternatives to the (a) current and (b) future ferry network.
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Question reference: S6W-02214
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of school leavers have gone to university from (a) state schools and (b) independent schools in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-02086
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 31 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding whether Dunkeld and Birnam railway station is eligible for support from the Access for All fund to improve pedestrian platform access, including the immediate instalment of a temporary footbridge throughout the period of the construction work at the station, and, if it does not meet the criteria for such support, whether an application can be made to the Local Rail Development Fund to assess these requirements.
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