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-01212
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether cattery and kennel businesses are classified within the tourism, hospitality and leisure sector and, if they are not so classified, what the reasons are for its position on the matter.
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Question reference: S6W-01195
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on including ex-service personnel as a priority group for housing allocation under the Reasonable Preference Allocations Priority provision set out in the Housing (Scotland) Act 2014.
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Question reference: S6W-00911
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 19 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00371 by Michael Matheson on 17 June 2021, how much of the fund has already been allocated to projects, and what proportion of the fund will be made available in each subsequent year.
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Question reference: S6W-01058
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00666 by Mairi McAllan on 24 June 2021, what its response is to the statement in Scotland’s Marine Assessment 2020, in the section on microplastics in surface water, that “a baseline does not yet exist for microplastics so a trend analysis is not possible”, and what steps it will take to establish one.
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Question reference: S6W-00669
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to remove plastic pollution from Scottish waters.
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Question reference: S6W-00672
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has conducted into the potential increase in microplastic waste from electric vehicles.
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Question reference: S6W-00665
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to undertaking a public awareness campaign on maintaining tyre pressure, as a way to improve road safety and reduce microplastic pollution.
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Question reference: S6W-00671
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it gave to the potentially higher rates of microplastic waste from electric vehicles, when setting a date from which the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles will be banned.
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Question reference: S6W-00673
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has held with (a) the UK Government, and (b) tyre manufacturers on setting tyre abrasion standards, ahead of the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel vehicles.
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Question reference: S6W-00667
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding it has provided to marine plastic pollution monitoring projects since 2016.
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