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-16666
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the uptake of the National Test Programme has been in 2023 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-16674
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what testing it plans to carry out of its proposed new tiered system of agricultural support, prior to its full roll-out.
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Question reference: S6W-16670
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 24 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any contingency plans that have been created in the event that avian flu starts infecting mammals in Scotland, in light of reports that avian flu is killing thousands of sea lions in Peru.
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Question reference: S6W-16665
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use to determine where Highly Protected Marine Areas will be situated.
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Question reference: S6O-02145
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many police stations have been closed down in the area covered by Police Scotland’s North East division since the force’s foundation in 2013.
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Question reference: S6W-16322
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 18 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the level of information required from third sector organisations for grant applications has increased compared with previous years, and, if so, what the reasons are for this, and what consideration it has given to the ability of these organisations to access funding.
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Question reference: S6W-16190
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what conclusions it has drawn from the recent Health and Wellbeing Census.
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Question reference: S6W-16178
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15479 by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2023, what updated assurance processes are now required for The Baird Family Hospital and The ANCHOR Centre, and for what reason this is being introduced at this stage in the build process and was not introduced at an earlier stage.
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Question reference: S6W-16187
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it provides to (a) local authorities and (b) schools on determining the materials used in the Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) curriculum for different school year groups.
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Question reference: S6W-16177
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 17 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15482 by Humza Yousaf on 16 March 2023, what correspondence it has had with Scottish Water regarding The Baird Family Hospital and The ANCHOR Centre; what observations were made, and how these were addressed.
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