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
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Question reference: S6W-08774
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the report from Strutt & Parker, which suggests that, since 2018, there has been a 333% increase in the amount invested in the purchase of estates, what steps it is taking to address rising rural land prices and ameliorate the impact of this on communities.
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Question reference: S6W-08776
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that land ownership patterns align with the principles set out in the Scottish Land Rights and Responsibilities statement.
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Question reference: S6W-08773
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to each of the recommendations in the Community Land Scotland report, Community Wealth Building and a Just Transition to Net Zero, which was published in May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-08781
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what work has been done to map out land ownership since the publication of the 2019 report, The effects associated with concentrated and large-scale land ownership in Scotland: a research review by the Scottish Land Commission.
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Question reference: S6W-08777
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on introducing statutory powers to apply a public interest to all landholdings above an agreed scale.
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Question reference: S6T-00768
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 June 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent reports, whether it will provide further information regarding existing ScotRail contracts with Abellio.
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Question reference: S6W-08512
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 to ensure that distillation and maturation developments are subject to environmental impact assessments alongside brewing and malting developments.
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Question reference: S6W-08477
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the anticipated value is of the contract for Consultancy Services for the Concept Design of a Ro-Pax Vessel, issued for tender by Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd on 3 May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-08479
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the contract for the design of Ro-Pax vessels that was issued for tender by Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd on 3 May 2022 commissions designs for (a) large and (b) small ferries that are primarily for service on the (i) Clyde and Hebrides, (ii) Northern Isles and (iii) inter-island public ferry routes.
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Question reference: S6W-08478
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 12 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 25 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that (a) CalMac Ferries, (b) passengers and (b) the recognised trade unions will be consulted on the design of (i) accommodation berths, (ii) catering facilities, (iii) engine and (iv) other operational aspects of the Ro-Pax vessels that Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd has commissioned through the contract issued on 3 May 2022.