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-31466
- Asked by: Alex Cole-Hamilton, MSP for Edinburgh Western, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what (a) care pathways and (b) treatments exist for patients with extreme and life-threatening allergies.
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Question reference: S6W-31456
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to work with CMAL to fix any damage to harbours.
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Question reference: S6W-31494
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many hectares of (a) land were given approval by Scottish Forestry for planting and (b) commercial forests and woodlands have been (i) blown down and (ii) harvested, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-31480
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many control test inspection visits by the Agricultural Wages Enforcement Team involved the use of interpreters (a) on-site and (b) subsequent to the visit, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-29771
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-29786 by Jenni Minto on 25 September 2024, whether it will commit to providing a detailed breakdown of what the drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation programme, for which it provides funding, entails.
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Question reference: S6W-31476
- Asked by: Ash Regan, MSP for Edinburgh Eastern, Alba Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what it estimates the additional cost will be to each NHS board in Scotland as a result of the UK Government’s Budget decision to increase employer national insurance contributions.
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Question reference: S6W-31471
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to make any changes to the Agri-Environment Climate Scheme in light of the Agriculture and Rural Communities (Scotland) Act 2024, and, if so, whether it will provide details of such changes.
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Question reference: S6W-31470
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government in what ways it (a) monitors and (b) recognises the work carried out by (i) farmers, (ii) crofters and (iii) other land managers to undertake measures to reduce their carbon output.
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Question reference: S6W-31479
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses received correspondence requesting corrections to underpayments identified as part of (a) control test inspections and (b) inspections as a result of a complaint from employees, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-29774
- Asked by: Monica Lennon, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 November 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 4 December 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to integrate any new research findings into existing drug and alcohol residential rehabilitation policies, particularly if it is the case that future studies suggest that longer treatment durations are more effective.
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