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-20245
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 8 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of any engagement that it has had with Bord na Gàidhlig about its Addressing Depopulation Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-20246
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 8 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of the engagement that it has had with local authorities about its Addressing Depopulation Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-20219
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 8 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide details of the number of religious hate crimes recorded in Scotland since 2016, broken down by police division.
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Question reference: S6W-20114
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 4 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide an estimate of how many times its "keeping pace" power, under the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021, will be used in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-20118
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 4 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to increase the number of reports that it makes to the Scottish Parliament in respect of its "keeping pace" power under the UK Withdrawal from the European Union (Continuity) (Scotland) Act 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-19722
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 4 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with National Records of Scotland since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-19938
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-18700 by Fiona Hyslop on 19 June 2023, whether it will publish Stantec’s community needs assessments report on ferry connections to Cowal and Rosneath.
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Question reference: S6W-20037
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 3 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to carry out a review of the (a) location of, (b) staffing of and (c) funding allocated to its international offices.
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Question reference: S6W-20038
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 3 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to "publish an Annual Report setting out the contribution made by [its] international offices to promoting the values, objectives and priorities of the revised International Framework", as recommended by the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee in its report, Inquiry into the Scottish Government’s International Work.
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Question reference: S6W-20116
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 3 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to expand the number of dental practices that are eligible to apply for the Recruitment and Retention Allowance in rural areas.
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