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: S5O-01486
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 November 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to enable the public to find out who owns land and property in Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-12169
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it will facilitate the charging of electric vehicles for people who live in tenement properties.
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Question reference: S5W-12168
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 24 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 2 November 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop future district heating projects for the (a) owner-occupied sector, (b) social-rented sector and (c) private-rented sector.
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Question reference: S5W-11720
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to consult on vacant land, as announced by the First Minister on 2 March 2016.
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Question reference: S5W-11526
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 12 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how much each local authority spent on rural housing projects in 2016-17, also broken down by the (a) (i) name and (ii) postcode of each project, (b) grant-receiving organisation, and (c) number of (A) units and (B) bed spaces.
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Question reference: S5O-01265
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the financial arrangements governing the management and maintenance of the Palace of Holyroodhouse are fair and equitable in terms of public funding.
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Question reference: S5O-01244
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it plans to reduce the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme budget by £42 million.
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Question reference: S5O-01202
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 6 September 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on locally-controlled taxation of vacant and derelict land.
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Question reference: S5W-10224
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 07 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of the review being conducted of the memorandum of understanding between the Lord Chamberlain and the Scottish Ministers in relation to the management of the Palace of Holyroodhouse; when the review was initiated; what the terms of reference are; who is conducting the review, and when it will be completed.
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Question reference: S5W-10204
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 July 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 August 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-09600 by Fiona Hyslop on 14 June 2017, and to a subsequent Freedom of Information request to her department, whether it will make publicly available the memorandum of understanding relating to the governance and financial management of the Palace of Holyroodhouse that was agreed between the Lord Chamberlain and the Scottish Ministers in 2000.
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