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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

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Question reference: S6O-00710

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 January 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 February 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its position on the effectiveness in Scotland of the UK geographical indication scheme, which replaced the EU protected geographical indication scheme.

Question reference: S6O-00680

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 January 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting Skills Development Scotland to engage with the agriculture and rural sector to promote opportunities and apprenticeships for young people as a positive career destination.

Question reference: S6O-00566

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated in its draft Budget for 2022-23 for building social and affordable housing in Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders.

Question reference: S6W-04590

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 November 2021
Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 2 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote the use of the Scots language and to further Scots language education.

The Scottish Government has made clear its support for our indigenous languages, including Scots. It is essential that those that wish to use the Scots language are given every opportunity to use the language of their choice. For many, Scots is the language of home and community and its use in other areas of Scottish life should be encouraged.

The Scottish Government provides around £460,000 of funding to various Scots organisations and Scots projects such as the Scots Language Centre, Dictionaries of the Scots Language, Association of Scottish Literary Studies, Scots Radio and Scots Hoose to develop and promote Scots and deliver high quality Scots language learning and resources to open up the educational access to Scots for young people. In addition, the Scottish Government works alongside Education Scotland and the SQA and they have worked to standardise, promote and make the Scots language more readily available in schools.

The Scottish Government is committed to taking the forward the manifesto commitments for a new Scottish Languages Bill which takes further steps to support Gaelic, acts on the Scots language and recognises that Scotland is a multilingual society. This work is at an early stage and we intend to consult in 2022.

Question reference: S6O-00495

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 December 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how its policies and actions across government will support Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Question reference: S6O-00392

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 November 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the rural affairs secretary has had with ministerial colleagues and rural businesses regarding action to improve and enhance rural skills development.

Question reference: S6O-00337

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting Police Scotland to implement and enforce legislation on the control of dogs.

Question reference: S6O-00293

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to promote manufacturing in Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-03505

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to publish the independent expert working group report on achieving a 48-hour working week (without averaging) for junior doctors.

Question reference: S6W-03265

Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 23 September 2021
Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 4 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the commitment in its Programme for Government to deliver £6 million for the regeneration of the Stranraer East Pier and Waterfront.