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-03989
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to allay any public concerns about the cost of replacing household gas or electric heating systems with air source heat pumps.
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Question reference: S6W-03939
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-03394 by Michael Matheson on 19 October 2021, whether it will provide a breakdown of the source control measures that (a) are currently being used and (b) will be used in future.
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Question reference: S6W-03504
- Asked by: Daniel Johnson, MSP for Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses the Scottish National Investment Bank has invested in each year, broken down by how much it has invested, and how many businesses it plans to invest in in each of the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-03570
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 07 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recommendations in the Climate Emergency Response Group report, Delivering on Scotland's response to the climate emergency - 12 immediate actions for the new Scottish Government in the year of COP26.
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Question reference: S6W-03472
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to extend the application deadline for the Pig Producers Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-03441
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will enforce car-exclusion zones around schools in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-03747
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported drop in onshore wind energy generation due to changing weather patterns.
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Question reference: S6W-03740
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what economic impact assessment it has undertaken in relation to COP26.
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Question reference: S6W-03625
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 08 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question SW6-02439 by Tom Arthur on 14 September 2021, whether it has ever reviewed how local authorities manage those parts of their budgets that are market driven, for example, material sales.
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Question reference: S6O-00310
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 October 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to claims by the British Dental Association Scotland that “plans to return NHS practices to pre-COVID models of work may devastate dental services".
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