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-06460
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05805 by Patrick Harvie on 3 February 2022, for what reason it has not included biofuels in the list of options that may be of particular benefit to households living in rural and island areas whose homes are not suitable for heat pumps.
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Question reference: S6W-06462
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05803 by Patrick Harvie on 1 February 2022, how many of the 156 participants were (a) not representing an organisation and (b) off-grid householders.
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Question reference: S6W-06512
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many vacant posts there are in each NHS board that have remained unfilled for (a) more than six months and (b) more than 12 months.
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Question reference: S6W-06534
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it (a) can and (b) has any plans to widen the remit of the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner to include oversight of facial recognition technology used in schools, shops, supermarkets and other public places.
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Question reference: S6W-06536
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to ban biometric surveillance in Scotland, in light of reported calls from Amnesty International and more than 170 organisations for its use to be prohibited.
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Question reference: S6W-06147
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the crofting representation is on the recently established Agricultural Policy Development Group.
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Question reference: S6W-06146
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government who the members are of the recently established Agricultural Policy Development Group.
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Question reference: S6W-06032
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has met the leader of Fife Council since May 2021; what was discussed at each meeting, and what the agreed outcomes were.
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Question reference: S6W-06168
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can guarantee that the planned three-month removal of customary exemptions to a seasonal ban on white fish catches, which is expected to come into force on 14 February 2022, will not be extended further.
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Question reference: S6W-06049
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Housing and Local Government has met the leader of West Dunbartonshire Council since May 2021; what was discussed at each meeting, and what the agreed outcomes were.
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