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-35450
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on administration and legal costs, in relation to its investment in Ferguson Marine.
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Question reference: S5W-35452
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 February 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many meetings of the Council of Economic Advisors have been held since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, broken down by (a) how many and (b) the dates on which the (i) First Minister, (ii) Cabinet Secretary for Finance and (iii) Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture attended.
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Question reference: S5W-34972
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what recent work has been conducted to develop textiles fibre processing.
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Question reference: S5W-34971
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what resourcing and funding have been allocated to encourage the sustainable purchasing of clothes by consumers in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-34973
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what recent work has been conducted to explore the possibility of nettle fibre production.
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Question reference: S5W-34970
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 04 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 12 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much has been allocated to supporting circular economy textiles in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-34878
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 01 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-12276 by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 November 2017, by what date Zero Waste Scotland will publish the report, (a) Residual waste treatment analysis, (b) Quantifying liquid food waste from food and drink manufacture, (c) Insight into consumer food waste behaviours, (d) Development of household sampling methodology for compositional analysis, (e) Reuse and repair sector stock control options and (f) Reuse and repair shared logistics options.
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Question reference: S5W-34397
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 10 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been delivered to the Connecting Scotland programme from the Winter Support Fund to date, and how many devices have been delivered as a result of that funding to older, disabled and socially isolated people.
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Question reference: S5W-34754
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to apply the Higher Property Rate to retail, hospitality and leisure ratepayers in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S5W-34398
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Aileen Campbell on 5 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many devices have been delivered by the Connecting Scotland programme since the progamme was launched in May 2020.
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