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-28471
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 31 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to bring forward the proposals set out in its Managing deer for climate and nature consultation.
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Question reference: S6W-28427
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 29 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported concerns of (a) council tenants, (b) private tenants and (c) private owner-occupiers regarding the Mixed Tenure Improvement Scheme, administered by the City of Edinburgh Council, in light of the remediation works set to be undertaken at Lochend and Restalrig.
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Question reference: S6W-28390
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 27 June 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects to (a) set funding levels for each phase of the Vessels and Ports Plan for the (i) Clyde and Hebrides and (ii) Northern Isles public ferry networks to 2045 and (b) publish the Islands Connectivity Plan in full.
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Question reference: S6W-28314
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-27929 by Angela Constance on 18 June 2024, whether it has yet to engage with (a) the Scottish Solicitors Bar Association, (b) legal firms and (c) judicial officeholders; if so, for what reason it has not yet done so, and whether it plans to do so in advance of stage 2.
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Question reference: S6W-28270
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 June 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 18 July 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost was of setting up the Pain Management Task Force prior to it commencing meetings in June 2022, including a breakdown of any payments for (a) workers, (b) secondments, (c) members, (d) travel costs, (e) IT and (f) other expenses.
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Question reference: S6O-03631
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland’s Strategic review of the Scottish Police Authority, which was published earlier this month and sets out the progress made by the Scottish Police Authority in providing oversight and scrutiny of policing in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03544
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to revise the terms of reference that it has set for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry.
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Question reference: S6O-03533
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to address any issues regarding the implementation of the presumption of mainstreaming, as set out in the recent Education, Children and Young People Committee report on its inquiry into additional support for learning.
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Question reference: S6O-03403
- Asked by: Alexander Stewart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure good dental care provision for older people in care settings.
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Question reference: S6O-03335
- Asked by: Michelle Thomson, MSP for Falkirk East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 April 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 April 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority regarding plans to incorporate any precedent set by the Miller v College of Policing case into the recording of non-crime hate incidents.
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