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-10700
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) higher property rate and (b) large business rates supplement have been in each of the last 15 years, broken down by how much tax revenue this generated.
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Question reference: S6W-10699
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 26 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates will be raised from the higher property rate in 2022-23, broken down by business sector.
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Question reference: S6W-10697
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to restore parity with England regarding commercial premises liable for the higher property rate, and, if so, when this will take place.
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Question reference: S6W-10701
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates households spent installing interlinked domestic smoke alarms in the six months before the statutory deadline in February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-10696
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what representations it has received from (a) business and (b) trade representative organisations following the announcement of its emergency budget review.
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Question reference: S6W-10957
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to its proposals on Transforming Our Economy, included in the Programme for Government 2022-23, when it expects to have completed its work "with the business community to identify further measures that can assist in addressing the increased costs and economic disruption that they face", and when it will publish the conclusions of this work.
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Question reference: S6O-01370
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it is having with local authorities regarding child protection policies in schools.
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Question reference: S6O-01340
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions ministers have had with residential outdoor education centres regarding the provision of bed spaces for 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-10115
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 01 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported unscheduled closures of community pharmacies, what discussions it has had with (a) pharmacists and (b) pharmacy associations since 1 January 2022 regarding any concerns expressed by pharmacists on this issue.
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Question reference: S6W-10113
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 29 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to reduce any impact on patients in NHS (a) Tayside and (b) Fife, in light of the reported rising number of unscheduled closures of community pharmacies.