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-01173
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is doing to ensure that young people are educated on the issue of sexual consent.
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Question reference: S6O-01136
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 May 2022
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Question reference: S6W-08096
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address reported social worker shortages in specialist (a) adult and (b) paediatric cystic fibrosis centres.
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Question reference: S6W-08229
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 10 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that sexual harassment is treated as a health and safety concern.
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Question reference: S6W-08332
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 6 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much financial assistance has been provided through the Rural Tourism Infrastructure Fund to date, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6T-00680
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 May 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on households and businesses in Scotland of the National Grid’s locational pricing system, in light of Scottish Renewables' reported assessment that Transmission Network Use of System charges make projects in Scotland almost 20% more expensive than equivalent projects in the south of England.
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Question reference: S6W-07793
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 April 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether ministers have visited the Penumbra Edinburgh Crisis Centre, and whether it has any plans to support similar services being established across Scotland to bridge the gap between emergency and community mental health care.
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Question reference: S6O-00966
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 April 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 April 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any feedback from businesses that are making use of financial support to trial a four-day working week.
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Question reference: S6W-07788
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 31 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a Blue Economy Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-07325
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 28 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on any costs associated with mitigating any impact in Scotland of decisions taken by the UK Government in each of the last five financial years.
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