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-03170
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Scottish Prison Service regarding the reported tampering of mobile phones used by prisoners, and what the outcome was.
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Question reference: S6W-03140
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to publish a response to the review of the Town Centre Action Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-03143
- Asked by: Liz Smith, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its plans and policy regarding the freeze on council tax.
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Question reference: S6W-03029
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the short-term let licensing legislation is in line with the Better Regulation Agenda and the Scottish Regulators’ Strategic Code of Practice (Clauses 2 and 3).
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Question reference: S6W-03074
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is carrying out regarding the resourcing and performance of the planning system involving windfarm applications, and when it will report on any such work.
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Question reference: S6W-03028
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the short-term let licensing legislation contradicts the provisions relating to property contained in the Human Rights Act 1998 (The First Protocol, Article 1), and The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (Article 17).
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Question reference: S6W-03172
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the report, LISTEN – Experiences of NHS Tayside Mental Health Services, which recorded that 58% of the 286 people surveyed were “not confident” NHS Tayside could take care of their mental health needs.
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Question reference: S6W-03167
- Asked by: Tess White, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) replaced the Lowit Unit at the Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital, which closed in 2014, and what analysis it has carried out of their effectiveness.
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Question reference: S6W-03030
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the overprovision regime in the short-term let licensing legislation is ultra vires in terms of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.
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Question reference: S6W-03027
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 1 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the short-term let licensing legislation contradicts the Provision of Services Regulations in UK law.
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