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: S5W-09316
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 18 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the economic impact is of (a) marine tourism, (b) scallop dredging and (c) creeling and scallop diving on (i) Plockton, (ii) Torridon and (iii) the Applecross peninsula.
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Question reference: S5W-09600
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it makes a contribution towards the operation and maintenance of Holyrood Palace and, if so, (a) how much it has provided in each of the last 10 years, broken down by area of expenditure and (b) whether there is a formal agreement in place governing responsibility for operations and maintenance and, if so, when this was last reviewed.
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Question reference: S5W-09591
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 June 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 14 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to the fourth supplementary to question S5F-01113 by Nicola Sturgeon on 30 March 2017 (Official Report, c. 22), what progress has been made in evaluating the criminal sanctions for people that use Scottish Limited Partnerships for criminal enterprises.
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Question reference: S5W-09406
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scottish Enterprise can support social and community enterprise and, if so, what support it provides.
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Question reference: S5W-09405
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 6 June 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how social enterprise will be represented in any new governance structures that it proposes under its enterprise and skills review.
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Question reference: S5W-08167
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what support or assistance its office in the United States has provided or is providing to Wildcat Haven CIC or Wildcat Haven Enterprises CIC.
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Question reference: S5W-07651
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the milestone set out in its publication, Draft Climate Change Plan - the draft Third Report on Policies and Proposals 2017-2032, that "by 2032, 80% of domestic buildings’ heat [will be] supplied using low-carbon technologies", how it will support householders in the remaining 20%.
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Question reference: S5W-07647
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it works with the (a) UK Government and (b) energy companies to promote the use of smart meters.
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Question reference: S5W-07652
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with community energy projects to help deliver the commitments in its publication, Draft Climate Change Plan - the draft Third Report on Policies and Proposals 2017-2032.
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Question reference: S5W-07650
- Asked by: Andy Wightman, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 16 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government how the Scottish Energy Efficiency Programme (SEEP) works with small businesses to better forecast and plan long-term work.
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