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-11604
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11176 by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2022, what actions are being implemented for the long-term restoration of the Tarbolton Moss landfill site.
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Question reference: S6W-11603
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11176 by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2022, what public partners its officials are meeting with regarding the Tarbolton Moss landfill site and on what dates these meetings (a) took place and (b) are due to take place.
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Question reference: S6W-11602
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11176 by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2022, whether it is the case that SEPA found no increase associated with the migration of landfill gas or impact to groundwater from leachate at the Tarbolton Moss landfill site.
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Question reference: S6W-11601
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11176 by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2022, when the work by the environmental consultant will commence at the Tarbolton Moss landfill site.
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Question reference: S6W-11600
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-11176 by Mairi McAllan on 5 October 2022, when it expects work to commence at the Tarbolton Moss landfill site and what the timeline is for the work to be carried out.
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Question reference: S6O-01523
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an update on the steps it is taking to encourage more GPs to work in rural practices.
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Question reference: S6W-11286
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 1 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has determined what support will be given to the Scottish Council on Global Affairs in 2022-23.
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Question reference: S6W-11290
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what upgrades to the A77, excluding maintenance works, are planned for 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-11285
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 25 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08830 by Keith Brown on 8 June 2022, whether it will provide an update on its plans to create a Peace Institute by 2022, and what the (a) location, (b) cost and (c) remit of this body will be.
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Question reference: S6W-11284
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 24 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of its Humanitarian Emergency Fund spending for the last 12 months.
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