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-01716
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the letter it received from the Grampian Local Medical Committee stating that “General Practice continues to be scapegoated as a profession in order to mask the failings of the Scottish Government”.
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Question reference: S6W-12419
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many jobs have been created in renewables in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6O-01659
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects police officer numbers to be restored to the previous target of 17,234 officers.
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Question reference: S6W-11856
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the purpose was of any financial assistance that it, or its agencies, provided to Stoneywood Mill pre-2022.
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Question reference: S6O-01574
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the Scottish COVID-19 Inquiry to conclude.
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Question reference: S6W-11857
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what guarantees were associated with the reported financial assistance provided to Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, by Scottish Enterprise pre-2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11852
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it was recently approached by any potential buyer of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, for financial assistance.
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Question reference: S6W-11858
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects Scottish Enterprise to recoup any of the cost of the financial assistance that the body reportedly provided to Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, pre-2022.
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Question reference: S6W-11854
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the level of any financial assistance requested by any potential buyer of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen, which could have prevented the closure of the mill.
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Question reference: S6W-11853
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it was recently approached by Scottish Enterprise to assist any potential buyer in the purchase of Stoneywood Mill, Aberdeen.
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