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-03764
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33522 by Michael Matheson on 4 December 2020, whether it will provide the figure for the year 2021-22 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-03765
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 4 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33523 by Michael Matheson on 4 December 2020, whether it will provide the (a) updated figure for 2020-21 and (b) figure for 2021-22 to date.
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Question reference: S6O-00310
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to claims by the British Dental Association Scotland that “plans to return NHS practices to pre-COVID models of work may devastate dental services".
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Question reference: S6W-03445
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many homes in each local authority area have been built through the (a) Rural Housing and (b) Islands Housing Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-03834
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 1 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether its policy announcement on 15 October 2021 regarding trade support and promotion for the fossil fuel sector overseas differs from the UK Government’s strategy on this matter published in March 2021, and what its position is on whether it has sought to present the UK Government's policy as its own.
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Question reference: S6W-03444
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for how long it expects to extend the (a) Rural Housing and (b) Islands Housing Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-03454
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle charging units have been installed in rural and island communities where commercial operators are not yet starting to invest, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-03443
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 29 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it is providing to local authorities in the Highlands and Islands to support the delivery of more affordable low-carbon homes.
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Question reference: S6W-03669
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mitigate any impacts on rural businesses due to the deposit return scheme, in light of four of the 12 organisations consulted in its Scottish Firms Impact Test expressing concerns about logistical and/or critical mass issues, including additional costs to retailers in islands communities due to the need to ship goods by ferry.
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Question reference: S6W-03670
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to mitigate any impacts on small retailers due to the deposit return scheme, in light of eight of the 12 businesses consulted in its Scottish Firms Impact Test raising concerns about space and logistical constraints, reduced sales and cash flow.
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