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-06887
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the report in The Scotsman on 6 February 2022, what action it is taking to support independent publishers deal with rising costs for items such as printing and materials.
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Question reference: S6W-06722
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what impact assessment was undertaken regarding adding glass to its Deposit Return Scheme, particularly in relation to any rise in plastic packaging use.
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Question reference: S6W-06302
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that the Onshore Wind Policy Statement is reflected in the Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4) reforms.
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Question reference: S6W-07217
- Asked by: Rona Mackay, MSP for Strathkelvin and Bearsden, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 March 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Michael Matheson on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the outcome is of its latest review into border health measures, and whether there will be any changes to the regulations.
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Question reference: S6W-06301
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what ministerial discussions have taken place with representatives of Scotland’s renewable energy industry regarding the Fourth National Planning Framework (NPF4).
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Question reference: S6W-06918
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider the experience of asylum seekers in Glasgow hotels as being within the scope of the inquiry into the handling of COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-06901
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce the proposed regulations requiring the private rented sector to have an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of C or above by (a) 2025 for new tenancies and (b) 2028 for all, and how the regulations will be enforced.
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Question reference: S6W-06729
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will produce a venison strategy to promote Scottish venison domestically and internationally.
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Question reference: S6W-06902
- Asked by: Dean Lockhart, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the total cost of bringing the private rented sector up to an energy performance certificate (EPC) rating of C or above by 2025 for new tenancies and 2028 for all, and how much funding it will be providing to assist the private rented sector to comply with this new requirement.
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Question reference: S6W-06894
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 7 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government by what date self-referral services for breast screening will be resumed for over 70s, who have previously experienced breast cancer but are outwith the surveillance scan group.
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