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-01803
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address any racial profiling practices in Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01745
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the culture minister has had with ministerial colleagues regarding what support is available for anyone working in creative industries, including the Belmont Cinema in Aberdeen, who may wish to take control or ownership of their workplaces.
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Question reference: S6W-12889
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how its upcoming Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan will take account of (a) The Carbon Capture Crux: Lessons Learned report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis and (b) the recommendation to have a plan B for achieving the equivalent abatement should Negative Emission Technologies, such as carbon capture, fail to deliver, as set out in the previous parliamentary session's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee response to the Draft Updated Climate Change Plan, published on 4 March 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-12890
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on any new gas power stations with carbon capture and storage, in light of the reported concerns about the carbon capture and storage industry in The Carbon Capture Crux: Lessons Learned report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
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Question reference: S6W-12888
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 16 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to The Carbon Capture Crux: Lessons Learned report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.
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Question reference: S6O-01682
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how its policies across government will support disabled people living in the north east to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6O-01620
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to provide mental health and suicide prevention support to refugees.
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Question reference: S6T-00961
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to Baroness Helena Kennedy KC's final report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum Provision in Scotland, published on Friday, which highlights avoidable failings in the provision of care to New Scots during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6O-01558
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how further and higher education institutions that receive public funding via the Scottish Funding Council are expected to implement Fair Work First principles.
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Question reference: S6F-01506
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2022
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking to mitigate the impact and prevalence of fires in Scotland caused by accelerating climate change such as those seen during the high temperatures last summer.
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