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: S5W-11092
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has provided to public transport operators in each of the last five years to purchase low-carbon buses and other passenger transport, broken down by operator.
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Question reference: S5W-10987
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 19 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses in the West Scotland parliamentary region it has met in the last year to discuss business rates.
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Question reference: S5W-11095
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken of potential economic and logistical implications for consumers and businesses of phasing out new petrol and diesel vehicles in Scotland eight years before the planned UK Government phase-out date of 2040.
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Question reference: S5W-11093
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what target it has set for the number of electric vehicle charging points to be installed by 2022.
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Question reference: S5W-11094
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 18 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to identify the optimum placement of electric vehicle charging points.
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Question reference: S5W-10988
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the potential circular economic and financial benefits of leased and bought service provision options, and what steps it is taking to support their inclusion in public sector procurement contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-10764
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken to identify adaptation strategies for low-carbon transport measures to ensure that rural communities are not negatively impacted.
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Question reference: S5W-10782
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on the potential (a) impact on unemployment rates among different sectors of increased numbers of circular economy jobs and (b) for circular economy jobs to mitigate unemployment in occupations considered vulnerable to job losses.
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Question reference: S5W-10762
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what planning it has undertaken to identify opportunities for community-owned renewable projects to benefit from wind turbine decommissioning via the reuse of wind turbine blades and associated parts.
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Question reference: S5W-10781
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 30 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken to identify the geographic distribution of potential circular economy jobs.
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