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-01162
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOC) contributing to PM2.5 (particulate matter) air pollution and such emissions being outside the scope of the industrial emissions directive, what measures it is taking to (a) reduce and (b) regulate particulate matter emissions from the Scotch whisky industry.
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Question reference: S6W-01370
- Asked by: Dr Alasdair Allan, MSP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how climate change, and any subsequent rise in sea levels, might impact on island communities' (a) transport infrastructure, (b) housing and (c) agriculture, and what action it is taking in the lead-up to the COP26 to help ensure that these communities are future-proofed against this.
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Question reference: S6W-01849
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the workforce requirements in the construction industry.
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Question reference: S6W-01786
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether knitting is an appropriate activity as part of offenders’ unpaid work requirements for a criminal conviction.
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Question reference: S6W-01781
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent Audit Scotland report on sustainable alternatives to custody.
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Question reference: S6W-01737
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many teachers with specialised training in supporting pupils with additional needs there are (a) in the Scottish Borders and (b) nationally; whether targets for the number of such teachers required have been set, and, if so, whether the targets have been met.
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Question reference: S6W-01234
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will make a commitment to include a stroke action plan in the forthcoming Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S6W-01738
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 22 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to support young people with (a) autism, and (b) Asperger's syndrome who are (i) in mainstream education, or (ii) seeking apprenticeships or other work placements.
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Question reference: S6W-01824
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on facemasks being mandatory in schools, and, in light of the challenges with communication and participation faced by pupils with hearing difficulties, whether it will consider providing an exemption, in time for the start of the new academic year, for classrooms in which there is a pupil with hearing difficulties.
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Question reference: S6W-01148
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people had a serious adverse reaction to any of the COVID-19 vaccines, and how many required (a) hospital or (b) medical treatment from their GP as a result of any such adverse reaction.
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