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-03102
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered trialling the use of graphene in road surfacing projects, following the announcement from National Highways that it will be doing this in England.
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Question reference: S6W-03090
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) aims and (b) objectives of its proposed ministerial working group on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development will be.
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Question reference: S6W-03091
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how often it anticipates its proposed ministerial working group on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development will meet.
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Question reference: S6W-03072
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd (a) expressed an interest and (b) provided a response for the procurement process for two new ferries for Islay.
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Question reference: S6O-00233
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that young people's views on climate change are listened to in the run up to COP26.
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Question reference: S6O-00232
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the scale of unemployment among qualified teachers.
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Question reference: S6O-00234
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK and Danish governments on the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance.
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Question reference: S6O-00256
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional Qualified Teachers of Children and Young People with Vision Impairment will be recruited as part of its commitment to recruit 1,000 new teachers and 500 pupil support assistants in the next academic year.
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Question reference: S6O-00241
- Asked by: Alex Rowley, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how it supports veterans, and what official statistics it records to monitor this.
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Question reference: S6O-00248
- Asked by: Gillian Martin, MSP for Aberdeenshire East, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will support the north east economy, in light of the impact of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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