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-02356
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01654 by Graeme Dey on 16 August 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding by what date it currently anticipates the East Coast Main Line between Edinburgh Haymarket and Aberdeen will be fully electrified, and for what reason it did not provide this information in its response.
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Question reference: S6W-02355
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what solutions it proposes to fully decarbonise Scotland's Railway; whether it (a) is able and (b) plans to fully electrify the East Coast Main Line between Edinburgh Haymarket and Aberdeen, and, if so, when it will begin any related procurement process to achieve this.
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Question reference: S6W-02565
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01498 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021, whether it will provide a detailed plan for how the £198.32 million, that remains from the £200 million, will be spent to reduce journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt, and in which financial year(s) it will be spent.
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Question reference: S6W-02668
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its cooperation agreement with the Scottish Green Party, whether it will provide an update on the progress of the A90 Montrose link road and whether any changes will be made to the delivery of the project.
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Question reference: S6W-02667
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported delays associated with road surfacing and flooding of the gas network, whether it will provide an update on the delivery timescale for the completion of the A92/A96 Haudagain roundabout improvements.
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Question reference: S6W-02397
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 9 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what funding and incentives it will make available to stimulate consumer take-up of heat pump technology.
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Question reference: S6W-02692
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 9 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure engineers are trained in the repair and installation of non-gas-powered boilers.
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Question reference: S6W-02567
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 9 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether National Planning Framework 4 should take account of (a) net zero targets and (b) the climate emergency, and what measures it is taking to ensure that the framework does take account of these.
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Question reference: S6O-00159
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported decline in air passengers travelling through Scottish airports.
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Question reference: S6W-02148
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 6 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01498 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021, whether its response at (b)(ii) means that it no longer plans to meet the commitment, as part of the Aberdeen City Region Deal, to reduce journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt by 20 minutes, or whether the "maximum benefits" referred to are anticipated to at least meet that commitment, and, if it is still committed to reducing journey times between Aberdeen and the central belt by 20 minutes, when it plans to achieve this.