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-01852
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is gathering data to determine the impact of long COVID on education.
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Question reference: S6W-01824
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on facemasks being mandatory in schools, and, in light of the challenges with communication and participation faced by pupils with hearing difficulties, whether it will consider providing an exemption, in time for the start of the new academic year, for classrooms in which there is a pupil with hearing difficulties.
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Question reference: S6W-01421
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what species of trees have been planted, and in what numbers, as a result of its (a) grants and (b) tax breaks.
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Question reference: S6W-01418
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00828 by Graeme Dey on 7 July 2021, what impact the UK Government’s proposals for (a) subsidy control mechanisms and (b) competition law might have on the work to make the Road Equivalent Tariff subsidy available to Pentland Ferries’ private routes across the Pentland Firth.
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Question reference: S6W-01403
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what research it has carried out on the impact of forestry on soils.
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Question reference: S6W-01406
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government by what date the draft guidance by Scottish Forestry on the ploughing of carbon-rich soils will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-01186
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when the Health and Care (Staffing) (Scotland) Act 2019 will be fully implemented across Scotland, and what the reasons are for the delay in implementation.
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Question reference: S6W-01176
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to publish a new workforce plan at this stage in the COVID-19 vaccination programme and whether any such document would include proposals to reduce the presence of independent contractors in delivering vaccines.
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Question reference: S6W-01177
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many individuals in the 40-50 age bracket did not receive their COVID-19 vaccination for the reason that they were not offered an alternative to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine while attending at a vaccination centre, broken down by NHS board,
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Question reference: S6W-01178
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 02 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 9 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what specific initiatives in the marketing and communications strategy for the COVID-19 vaccination programme were aimed at reaching those in the age 40-50 age bracket who were hesitant about the reported side affects of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccination.
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