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-00606
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when restrictions relating to burials will be reviewed to reflect the most update situation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S6W-00369
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-33605 by Roseanna Cunningham on 10 December 2020, whether it will provide an update on the work to establish the new Litter Monitoring System, and by what date it expects the system to go live.
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Question reference: S6W-00407
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what area of land Forestry and Land Scotland and its predecessor, Forest Enterprise Scotland, has purchased in each year since 2007-08, also broken down by (a) how much this cost and (b) what area has subsequently been planted for woodland creation.
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Question reference: S6W-00594
- Asked by: Siobhian Brown, MSP for Ayr, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it anticipates will be taken against football clubs in light of the Scottish Football Association's Report of the Independent Review of Sexual Abuse in Scottish Football.
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Question reference: S6W-00575
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Thursday, 10 June 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what is its response to the Association of Local Authority Chief Housing Officers’ report, The Right To Adequate Housing: Are We Focusing On What Matters?, which estimates that 547,000 households fall short of being adequately housed for two or more reasons
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Question reference: S6W-00921
- Asked by: Kaukab Stewart, MSP for Glasgow Kelvin, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the OECD report on Curriculum for Excellence published on 21 June 2021, and what the implications of the report are in relation to the planned reform of the SQA and Education Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-00913
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 June 2021
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding calls for a reopening of the 2020 exams appeals process, in light of the 2021 exams appeals process being announced.
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Question reference: S6W-00511
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has held regarding the possible introduction of the insecticide, imidacloprid, on fish farms, and what less toxic treatments have been considered as an alternative.
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Question reference: S6W-00505
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that COVID-19 vaccination information about people is transferred quickly and accurately from the vaccination centre to NHS Inform.
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Question reference: S6W-00523
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the total catch is that has been landed by domestic and foreign vessels in Scottish ports in each month between (a) January and May 2020 and (b) January and May 2021.
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