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-08259
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to improve support and care for people experiencing perimenopause symptoms.
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Question reference: S6O-01010
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 April 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support the creation of new rural jobs, including in nature restoration.
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Question reference: S6F-00950
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2022
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government’s response is to the Spring Statement.
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Question reference: S6W-06757
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the 2021 report published by NatureScot, as part of the Scottish Entanglement Alliance, Understanding the scale and impacts of marine animal entanglement in the Scottish creel fishery, which identifies concerns about the entanglement rates of minke whales, humpback whales and other protected species, what financial support it will make available to implement new measures to prevent marine animal entanglements in creels.
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Question reference: S6F-00874
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 March 2022
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government will do to mitigate the impact of volatile gas prices.
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Question reference: S6W-05889
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 8 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when all state-owned ferries will be replaced by zero or low emission vessels.
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Question reference: S6W-05740
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government on reported plans to bring forward UK-wide legislative proposals to ban the domestic sale and advertising of tourism experiences overseas that involve unacceptable animal welfare practices.
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Question reference: S6W-05701
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is assisting SEPA in response to the data breach in 2020, and when information that is vital for assessing fish farm applications will be made publicly available.
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Question reference: S6W-05365
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 17 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the independent review of the aquaculture regulatory and planning framework will publish its recommendations for further work by the end of 2021, as committed to in the Scottish Government’s and Scottish Green Party’s Shared Policy Programme.
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Question reference: S6O-00624
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 13 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to support small community businesses.
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