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-22028
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 20 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it plans to take in order to meet its statutory duties to promote alternative dispute resolution in family cases.
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Question reference: S6W-22049
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 20 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work towards finalising its plans for the Air Departure Tax, and what the anticipated timeframe is for its implementation.
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Question reference: S6W-21648
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19180 by Angela Constance on 27 June 2023, whether the Scottish Prison Service's updated mental health strategy will take into consideration findings from the University of Glasgow report, Still Nothing To See Here?, including that prison suicides increased by 42% under the 2016-21 strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-21643
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans to reintroduce prison throughcare support services, following their suspension by the Scottish Prison Service in 2019.
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Question reference: S6W-21679
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 5 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make regulations for the provisions in the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 to come into force, and, if so, when.
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Question reference: S6W-21662
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it still anticipates that the work of the Orkney Ferries Replacement Taskforce will conclude by September 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-21661
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 4 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans for the work of the Orkney Ferries Replacement Taskforce to feed into the budget process for 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-21649
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 3 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19180 by Angela Constance on 27 June 2023, whether it still expects the Scottish Prison Service's updated mental health strategy to be published by the end of October 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-21677
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been in Scotland under section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-21676
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been under section 38 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 in each of the last 10 years.