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-02802
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 24 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Cabinet Sub-Committee on the Climate Emergency has a defined remit, and whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S6W-02843
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the target to create 4,000ha of native woodland annually set out in its Programme for Government, whether this is an increase to the current target set out in the Biodiversity Strategy of between 3,000ha and 5,000ha.
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Question reference: S6W-02815
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00480 by Jamie Hepburn on 14 June 2021, whether it will contact universities that have not yet adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition to ask for an update on their consultations with stakeholders and communities.
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Question reference: S6W-02854
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 23 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Ornamental Horticulture Roundtable Group report, Growing a Green Economy: The importance of ornamental horticulture and landscaping to the UK, and the accompanying action plan, Unlocking green growth.
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Question reference: S6W-02702
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what role it can play in ensuring that any delegates from the Global South attending COP26 who have not had a COVID-19 vaccine will be prioritised to receive the vaccine in Scotland prior to the summit taking place.
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Question reference: S6W-02699
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its cooperation agreement with the Scottish Green Party, what its position is on Catholic schools, and whether it plans to review this.
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Question reference: S6W-02842
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking as part of the economic recovery from COVID-19 to reduce any occupational segregation in sectors such as energy, transport, construction, agriculture and manufacturing in areas that are male-dominated.
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Question reference: S6W-02852
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to comments by Homes for Scotland regarding the Programme for Government that planning and regulatory systems "are in need of increased resources to enable local councils to cope with the levels of demand for new homes".
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Question reference: S6W-02841
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it carried out a gender impact assessment in relation to its Green Jobs Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-02816
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 22 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00480 by Jamie Hepburn on 14 June 2021, when it last met the Scottish Funding Council to discuss the (a) International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition and (b) low uptake of universities adopting this.
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