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: S6W-18863
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many private corporations own land holdings of over 500 hectares, and what total area of land is owned by private corporations with land holdings of over 500 hectares.
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Question reference: S6W-18860
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many land holdings in Scotland are over 500 hectares in size, and what total area of land is covered by land holdings of over 500 hectares.
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Question reference: S6W-18866
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to land holdings of over 500 hectares in size, how many have been transferred in each of the last 20 years, broken down by those that were by (a) sale, (b) inheritance and (c) other means.
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Question reference: S6W-18862
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals own land holdings of over 500 hectares.
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Question reference: S6W-18868
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many foreign companies that own property in Scotland have not registered their land ownership with the Land Register of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-18824
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-02223 by Gillian Martin on 11 May 2023, how it has verified the figure of £1.3 billion estimated by the Green Finance Institute, and whether it will provide a breakdown of its calculations.
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Question reference: S6W-17874
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to concerns by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland regarding barriers to gaining bathing water status at Scotland’s rivers, lochs and beaches due to newly introduced requirements, including the need to gain the consent of landowners and local authorities, hold a local consultation and submit aerial photography or drone footage of the site, which may make it difficult to obtain the protections that come with official designation.
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Question reference: S6W-18230
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that global temperatures are likely to break the key 1.5C warming limit within the next four years.
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Question reference: S6O-02330
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its progress in establishing a Peace Institute by the end of 2022, as set out in its 2021-22 Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S6W-17860
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much SEPA has spent in the last 12 months on measures to prevent future seasonal water shortages.
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