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-20091
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not responded to the letter from the Chair of the Just Transition Commission to the then Cabinet Secretary for Net Zero and Just Transition and the Cabinet Secretary for Wellbeing Economy, Fair Work and Energy, entitled Further Advice on the Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, which was published on 17 April 2023, in light of its aim to respond within 12 weeks from the date of the publication, as stated in the Memorandum of Understanding, which was published on 24 March 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20087
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the academic environmental research, Delivering net zero in the UK: twelve conditions for success, which was published on 10 July 2023, in particular in relation to any implications for net zero policy in Scotland of the research’s findings that (a) deploying low-regret solutions on a large scale, (b) engaging with communities, (c) taking an interdisciplinary and whole systems approach and (d) upskilling and capacity building in the workforce and government are among the conditions for success.
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Question reference: S6W-20058
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to S6W-19560 by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023, on what date it began to assume that Circularity Scotland was likely to go into administration.
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Question reference: S6W-20053
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19222 by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023, whether it will specify the mechanisms that it has in place to assess and monitor the "range of risks relating to the delivery of the Deposit Return Scheme".
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Question reference: S6W-20057
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19560 by Lorna Slater on 18 July 2023, on what specific date the Scottish Government first informed the UK Government that Circularity Scotland was likely to go into administration.
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Question reference: S6W-20100
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much private sector investment has been secured, to date, for Scotland’s transition to net zero, as part of the Green Growth Accelerator programme.
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Question reference: S6W-20095
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its announcement of the successful projects for year one, whether it will provide further detail on the allocation of the Just Transition Fund to ensure transparency and value for money.
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Question reference: S6W-20088
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made in relation to the work of the Climate Change Plan Advisory Group (CCPAG) and what policy outcomes can be reported as a result of the input from the CCPAG.
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Question reference: S6W-20089
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how its Climate Change Plan Advisory Group’s policy outcomes will be reported on.
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Question reference: S6W-20007
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether ScotRail Holdings has any plans to expand the offering of "Rail and Sail" tickets between Scotland and Northern Ireland.