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-19085
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 22 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated the average price of generation from Torness Nuclear Power Station, and, if so, what that price is.
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Question reference: S6W-18867
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any interaction between section 67 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and the provisions of its proposed Deposit Return Scheme, and of any impact that this may have on the scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-19069
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many producers have registered for the Deposit Return Scheme as at 7 June 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-18874
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of any requirement for an enabling regulatory environment, which would allow a blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy trading platform to function through the legal recognition and protection of incorporeal moveable property.
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Question reference: S6W-18873
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 08 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the use of distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence to facilitate the trading of renewable energy between households, and, if so, what assessment it has made of the use of such technology.
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Question reference: S6W-19086
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has estimated the average annual greenhouse gas emissions that may have been avoided by generation at Torness Nuclear Power Station.
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Question reference: S6W-19090
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has incorporated the findings of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) 2022 study, Carbon Neutrality in the UNECE Region: Integrated Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Sources, in its modelling of Scotland’s future electricity system.
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Question reference: S6W-19081
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Contracts for Difference for wind farms in Scotland include the cost of decommissioning wind farms at the end of life.
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Question reference: S6W-19078
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its policy on energy production in Scotland, whether it has assessed how many countries in the EU are (a) phasing out nuclear power and (b) planning to build new nuclear power stations.
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Question reference: S6W-19084
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 20 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the average capacity factor is of Torness Nuclear Power Station.
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