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-16238
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reasons Circularity Scotland was not established using a similar model to Crown Estate Scotland and Scottish Water.
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Question reference: S6W-16236
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the arrangement whereby the Deposit Return Scheme administrator is not subject to Freedom of Information legislation currently meets the principles of the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents.
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Question reference: S6W-16241
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it invited Circularity Scotland to respond to its consultation on the post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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Question reference: S6W-16232
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason Circularity Scotland was created as a private, not-for-profit company, and what the potential implications are for Freedom of Information legislation, in comparison to other companies and bodies that administer government schemes.
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Question reference: S6W-16234
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-01276 by Lorna Slater on 21 March 2023 and in relation to her comment that Circularity Scotland “does not provide a public service”, on what evidentiary basis it determined this to be the case, in light of the statement on the Circularity Scotland website that it is a “company created to benefit everyone in Scotland”.
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Question reference: S6W-16233
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considered any other options for the Deposit Return Scheme administrator, which would have been subject to Freedom of Information legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-16889
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support will be made available to support the construction of social housing when the Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard is introduced.
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Question reference: S6W-16138
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 19 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to make an announcement on future funding allocations for regional Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) groups.
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Question reference: S6W-16060
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been carried out of the potential benefits of including air-to-air, as well as air-to-water, heating systems in schemes available for grant and loan support through Home Energy Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-16061
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason grant and loan support is not available through Home Energy Scotland for air-to-air heating systems.
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