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-26811
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 8 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of road closures and diversions through the town's high street as a result of the Laurencekirk Junction A90/A937 Improvement Scheme, what traffic orders it proposes in relation to the displaced parked traffic on the high street to ensure no loss of amenity to residents.
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Question reference: S5W-26576
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, what its position is on whether the allegations of chaotic and potentially criminal activity within the special operations unit (SOU) at the former Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) should be considered a legacy matter that does not merit further investigation, in light of a number of staff who held senior positions at the agency going on to hold senior positions within Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5O-03968
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to meet net zero emissions by 2045.
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Question reference: S5W-26578
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what date the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) was aware of allegations that the special operations unit (SOU) at the former Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) had destroyed paperwork, and when COPFS made the decision that there was no criminality involved in this activity.
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Question reference: S5W-26580
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the executive summary, whether it will publish the full report on the Metropolitan Police's review of the Police Scotland investigation, Operation Towering, into the disposal of files by the special operations unit (SOU) at the former Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA).
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Question reference: S5W-26581
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on reported comments by the Chief Constable and others that the HM Inspectorate of Constabulary Scotland (HMICS) 2018 report into undercover policing gives Police Scotland’s operations a clean bill of health, in light of the lead inspector for the report being the former head of intelligence at the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) in 2011 at a time when allegations were made regarding chaotic and potentially criminal activity within the agency's special operations unit (SOU).
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Question reference: S5W-26577
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of burning of official documents by members of the special operations unit (SOU) at the former Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA) in 2011, which senior officer(s) (a) had responsibility for the SOU's finances, including telephone and banking accounts, and (b) ordered the burning of paperwork, and for what reason.
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Question reference: S5W-26579
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 December 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 17 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the publication of the executive summary of the Metropolitan Police's review of the Police Scotland investigation, Operation Towering, into the disposal of files by the special operations unit (SOU) at the former Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency (SCDEA), what its position is on whether there are any unanswered questions regarding this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-26566
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 November 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 13 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many people convicted of murder subsequently committed crimes of serious assault, or worse, (a) while on home leave or (b) within 12 months of being released, in the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S5O-03923
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 December 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether the performance of Scotland in maths and science that was recorded in the recent PISA results is its poorest.
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