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-36202
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the value of whisky exports since 2016, broken down by (i) region and (ii) country.
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Question reference: S5W-36201
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the value of food and drink exports since 2016, broken down by (i) region and (ii) country.
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Question reference: S5W-36203
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 22 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the value of salmon exports since 2016, broken down by (i) region and (ii) country.
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Question reference: S5W-36208
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much has been spent on average per person on environmental protection in Scotland since 2016-17, and what information it has on how this compares with (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-36205
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage share of new woodland planted in the UK since 2016-17 has been in planted in Scotland, and what information it has on how this compares with new woodland planted in (a) England and (b) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-36204
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 19 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how much has been spent on average (a) per year and (b) per person, in each year since 2016-17 on (i) agriculture, (ii) fisheries and (iii) forestry in Scotland, and what information it has on how this compares with (A) England and (B) Wales.
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Question reference: S5W-36016
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 18 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether the NHS will continue on the emergency footing that the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Sport announced on 10 September 2020.
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Question reference: S5O-05150
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 March 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the short review into cancer pathway arrangements and reimbursement of travel expenses for patients in Dumfries and Galloway, which it committed to carrying out on 24 November 2020.
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Question reference: S5W-35577
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 February 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline the approach that it will take to the roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccine once the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation groups 1 to 9 have been completed.
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Question reference: S5W-35528
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 February 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the refreshed Diabetes Improvement Plan.