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-13348
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the (a) selection criteria, (b) process and (c) delivery mechanism for how the £5 million in loss and damage funding, which it announced at COP27, will be allocated.
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Question reference: S6W-13337
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12638 by Patrick Harvie on 15 December 2022, when it will publish the data, in light of it already being used for policy formulation and implementation.
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Question reference: S6W-13349
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 10 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding will be allocated to the Climate Justice Fund in financial year 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6F-01680
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 09 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
To ask the First Minister for what reason two ferries, which will serve Islay, are being built in Turkey.
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Question reference: S6W-13335
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 6 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12580 by Tom Arthur on 5 December 2022, whether its draft 2023-24 budget extends the 90% non-domestic rates relief for district heating networks powered by renewables until 2035.
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Question reference: S6W-13058
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 09 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 5 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many miles of road have been constructed as a result of (a) commercial forestry and (b) windfarm developments in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6O-01766
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the Climate Change Committee's reports, Progress in reducing emissions in Scotland - 2022 Report to Parliament and Scottish Emissions Targets - first five-yearly review.
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Question reference: S6W-12924
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding the "Activities and Milestones (NR)" section on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, what is meant by the line that reads "Approval in principle, Asset Manager accepts design", which has an aspirational date of August 2023, and is described as "Revised", and what date this has been revised to.
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Question reference: S6W-12920
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan, whether it is on track to "decarbonise the Aberdeen to Central Belt route by 2030".
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Question reference: S6W-12921
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the "several opportunities to enhance the freight gauge along the line of route" are, as set out under the "Interfaces and Assumptions" on page 11 of the Scotland's Railway July 2022 publication, Enhancements Delivery Plan.
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