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-21196
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Retail Consortium’s suggestion, in its Scottish Budget 2024-25 recommendations paper, that spending restraint rather than tax rises should form the majority of the measures to meet the projected gap in devolved government finances.
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Question reference: S6W-21205
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the headline business rate poundage has been in each year since 1999-00.
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Question reference: S6W-21203
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on which local authorities have used or are seeking to use their powers, under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, to reduce business rates, broken down by financial year.
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Question reference: S6W-21195
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make the granting of licence permissions conditional on payment of the real living wage, as part of its Fair Work Action Plan, and, if so, which types of licences it anticipates will be in scope.
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Question reference: S6W-21199
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will fulfil its commitment in its Framework for Tax, and the recommendation of the Barclay Review of non-domestic rates, to restore the level playing field with England for commercial premises liable for the higher property rate.
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Question reference: S6O-02525
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide further details regarding its Programme for Government 2023-24 commitment to develop a "long term strategic approach to skills and careers” in the culture and major events sector.
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Question reference: S6W-20747
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 13 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered expanding the eligibility for the drug, Paxlovid, to people aged over 50.
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Question reference: S6O-02493
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations it has made in response to the protracted start to the 2023 grain harvest.
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Question reference: S6O-02396
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has put in place to support new entrants into agriculture.
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Question reference: S6O-02356
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body when it will next review the car parking arrangements for MSPs and staff.