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: S6F-02368
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 September 2023
To ask the First Minister what action the Scottish Government is taking in response to the first UN global stocktake report on the Paris Climate Agreement.
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Question reference: S6F-02348
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2023
To ask the First Minister how the Scottish Government plans to maximise the economic benefits, including the number of new jobs, that result from any growth in renewable energy sources, including onshore wind.
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Question reference: S6O-02484
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to eliminate sexual harassment in schools.
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Question reference: S6O-02388
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to strengthen tenants’ rights.
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Question reference: S6W-18106
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 19 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding distributed by (a) Scottish Enterprise, (b) Highlands and Islands Enterprise and (c) South of Scotland Enterprise in each of the last three financial years was issued to cooperatives, and what proportion of overall funding this represented.
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Question reference: S6F-02173
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 May 2023
To ask the First Minister what impact the Scottish Government's Nature Restoration Fund is having on communities on Arran.
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Question reference: S6W-17110
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its policy position to encourage businesses not to trade with Russia, how it determines whether or not a business in Scotland is continuing to trade with Russia, and whether it is making use of the lists compiled by organisations such as Razom We Stand, #LeaveRussia and the Yale School of Management.
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Question reference: S6O-02156
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether businesses, which make use of unpaid trial shifts, should be disqualified from receiving public sector grants and procurement contracts.
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Question reference: S6W-15971
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 21 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to revise national planning rules in relation to domestic energy microgeneration, such as photovoltaic arrays on roofs, in conservation areas, following the publication of the fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4).
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Question reference: S6W-15976
- Asked by: Ross Greer, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its plans are for the position of Chair of the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) when the current Chair’s term comes to an end on 31 August 2023, and whether it will set out the potential implications for the new qualifications body that is to replace the SQA in 2024.