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-02160
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Zero Waste Scotland had an impact target of Scotland achieving a household waste recycling rate of at least 60% by 2020, which was agreed by the Scottish Government in 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-02134
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01419 by Graeme Dey on 6 August 2021, by what date it expects to report to the Scottish Parliament on the outcome of its consideration of the UK Government’s draft legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-02432
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what risk assessment it has carried out regarding the potential impact on recycling rates of charging for garden waste collection.
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Question reference: S6W-02245
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 17 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of its biodiversity targets.
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Question reference: S6W-02380
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it reduced the budget under the heading, Cultural Collections, by £3.5 million in its 2021-22 budget, compared with its 2020-21 budget.
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Question reference: S6W-02584
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the allocation of the £10 million being provided to schools to improve ventilation and CO2 monitoring, also broken down by how many schools in each local authority have received this funding.
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Question reference: S6W-02493
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on expanding flexibility in self-directed support in all health and social care partnership areas to enable carers and the people that they care for to arrange support in a way that meets their needs.
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Question reference: S6T-00139
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the use of face-to-face GP appointments.
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Question reference: S6T-00127
- Asked by: Neil Bibby, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the ongoing industrial disputes with ScotRail.
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Question reference: S6F-00230
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 06 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2021
To ask the First Minister whether she will provide an update on HIAL’s proposed centralisation of air traffic control services.