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: S6W-26986
- Asked by: Graham Simpson, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-26534 by Fiona Hyslop on 17 April 2024, when it will “develop implementing actions” to deliver its Vision for Scotland’s Public Electric Vehicle Charging Network.
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Question reference: S6W-26947
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out the high-level principles of its proposed Air Departure Tax prior to July 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-26942
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many electric vehicle (EV) charging points it has delivered since 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-26959
- Asked by: Katy Clark, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the introduction of an independent Scottish football regulator
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Question reference: S6W-26977
- Asked by: Carol Mochan, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it has taken to decrease the time that it takes for women to obtain an endometriosis diagnosis.
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Question reference: S6W-26956
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any threat of wildfires in national parks ahead of the summer season, and what the outcome was of any such assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-26639
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the First Minister's attendance at the meeting of the Conveners Group on 27 March 2024, and his statement that, if the details of some of the cases in Scotland were made public, people would be "horrified" if these convictions were overturned, whether it will detail which specific cases the First Minister was referring to; what specific advice he had received in relation to that assertion, and what consideration he has made of the individual cases in Scotland, and, if it cannot or will not detail which specific cases the First Minister was referring to, what its position is on how this will impact on any people who were wrongfully convicted in Scotland and who are still awaiting exoneration.
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Question reference: S6W-26938
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will introduce its proposed Natural Environment Bill before January 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-26638
- Asked by: Fergus Ewing, MSP for Inverness and Nairn, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the First Minister's attendance at the meeting of the Conveners Group on 27 March 2024, and his statement that, if the details of some of the cases in Scotland were made public, people would be "horrified" if these convictions were overturned, whether it will publish any (a) advice and/or speaking notes that were provided to the First Minister as part of his attendance and (b) briefing that he has been provided on the cases in Scotland involving the Post Office's Horizon IT system.
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Question reference: S6W-26954
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 22 April 2024
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the potential impact on its commitment to ban single-use vapes in the event that the UK Government's Tobacco and Vapes Bill is not passed by the UK Parliament, and what discussions the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity has had with the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, or any other UK Government ministers, regarding this Bill.