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: S6O-03633
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, 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 it is doing to make the process of reporting sexual crimes easier on survivors of these crimes.
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Question reference: S6W-27991
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 June 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 18 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding any modernisation of the energy consenting regime, as it relates to the UK Electricity Act 1989, to make pre-application community engagement mandatory.
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Question reference: S6O-03593
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details of how the Small Producers Pilot Fund has supported micro businesses in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03570
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it envisages that the recommendations of the second Strategic Transport Projects Review will benefit the people of the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S6W-27687
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 May 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 30 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how the Scottish National Investment Bank's £50 million investment in the Ardersier Port will benefit (a) the local area, (b) industry and (c) its climate ambitions.
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Question reference: S6O-03519
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 May 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 June 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of its work to further the case for Scottish independence, what engagement it has carried out with businesses regarding Scotland's constitutional future.
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Question reference: S6W-15641
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what further progress has been made regarding Moray maternity services since December 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-01953
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the number of baby boxes that have been distributed since the scheme began.
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Question reference: S6W-15257
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi McAllan on 22 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its consultation document on the development of future grant support for forestry that the Minister for Environment and Land Reform announced in her opening statement in the parliamentary debate on Forestry’s Contribution to Net Zero Scotland, on 9 November 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-01851
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it provides support to victims of violent crime in the pre-trial period.
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