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-12801
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many island communities impact assessments it has carried out since the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 was passed, broken down by year.
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Question reference: S6W-12623
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 28 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will accept recommendation 7 of HM Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland’s report, Inspection of COPFS practice in relation to sections 274 and 275 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.
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Question reference: S6W-12626
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will report the findings of its consultation on improving victims' experiences of the justice system.
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Question reference: S6W-12625
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress being made by the Lord Justice Clerk's Review Governance Group.
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Question reference: S6W-12624
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09636 by Keith Brown on 19 July 2022, whether it will provide an update on the findings of the Single Judge Trial Pilot Working Group.
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Question reference: S6W-12707
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many short-term lets licences have been approved since 1 October 2022, broken down by local authority.
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Question reference: S6W-12627
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 12 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are to progress the introduction of judge-only trials, and what its proposed timescale is for doing this.
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Question reference: S6W-12542
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents have been recorded of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) escaping from (a) onshore and (b) offshore power generation sites in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-12541
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 9 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is any duty on those operating in Scotland or its waters to report gas escapes, and if this is the case, what the threshold escape volume of CO2-equivalent gas for reporting is, in light of The Guardian article from 8 November 2022, World’s ‘most potent greenhouse gas’ escaped during work on UK windfarm.
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Question reference: S6O-01687
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met Orkney Islands Council regarding the Scottish Budget 2023-24 and what issues were discussed.
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