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-06182
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 18 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05499 by Lorna Slater on 26 January 2022, whether it will provide the information requested regarding how a ban on plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetables could potentially operate in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-06098
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 18 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will commit to making all public sector buildings net zero by 2030, with an interim target of 75% by 2027 and a target for absolute zero by 2035, as recommended by Scotland's Climate Assembly in its report, Recommendations for Action.
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Question reference: S6W-06107
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support is being provided to farmers in the north east, in light of the recently reported outbreak of avian flu in Aberdeenshire.
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Question reference: S6W-06117
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many incidents of “gear conflict”, of the type “Other Shellfish Pots/ Creels + Other Shellfish Pots/ Creels”, have led to prosecution, broken down by the number of convictions, in each of the last seven years since this offence was identified as a priority in the Report of the Task Force on Gear Conflict, December 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-06223
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the action it is taking to encourage and support new entrants into crofting, and how much funding has been made available for this purpose in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-06137
- Asked by: Stuart McMillan, MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 17 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans to regulate non-surgical cosmetic procedures, in light of the conclusion of the public consultation on this matter on 30 June 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-06123
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 17 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05593 by Lorna Slater on 24 January 2022, whether it will confirm whether it holds details of estimated preparedness times for any individual businesses in Scotland, and, if so, whether it will provide that information.
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Question reference: S6W-06094
- Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 February 2022
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 17 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will conduct a review of wayleave widths following Storm Arwen.
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Question reference: S6W-06009
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 17 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to reduce pressures on marine habitats that are already known to be important carbon sinks.
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Question reference: S6W-06583
- Asked by: Craig Hoy, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 17 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding Creative Scotland and, before it, Scottish Arts Council and Scottish Screen, allocated to projects in the (a) Midlothian, (b) East Lothian, (c) Scottish Borders, (d) Dumfries and Galloway, (e) South Ayrshire (f) East Ayrshire, (g) North Ayrshire, and (h) South Lanarkshire Council areas, in each year since 2007.
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