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-27253
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its commitment to decarbonising the heating of at least one million homes by 2030.
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Question reference: S6W-27226
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications that it has had in the last 24 months with the Information Commissioner’s Office regarding the vulnerable persons database that is operated by Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-27243
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the timeline and process towards delivering its commitment to introducing Low Emission Zone (LEZ) schemes in (a) Edinburgh, (b) Aberdeen, and (c) Dundee.
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Question reference: S6W-27194
- Asked by: Michael Marra, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-03191 by Jenni Minto on 13 March 2024, whether it still expects supplies of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication in Scotland to have stabilised by the end of May 2024, and whether, at that point, it expects NHS Scotland and NHS boards to be able to prescribe such medication to new patients.
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Question reference: S6W-27228
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide details of any communications that it has had with the (a) Lord President of the Court of Session and (b) Judicial Office for Scotland regarding a public inquiry into criminal prosecutions relating to the takeover of Rangers FC, since the Scottish Government announced in February 2021 that it was committed to such an inquiry.
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Question reference: S6W-27198
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is the case that an islands impact assessment was undertaken in relation to VisitScotland's proposal to close its iCentres across Scotland, and, if it is not the case, for what reason it decided not to undertake such an assessment.
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Question reference: S6W-27264
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the current reported breach of Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention, and how any remedies will be implemented before the Aarhus Convention Compliance Committee’s deadline of 1 October 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-27223
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-25983 by Fiona Hyslop on 18 March 2024, for what reason the name of the financial institution providing the Bank Refund Guarantee (BRG) is deemed to be commercially confidential.
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Question reference: S6W-27263
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has provided options for increasing access to environmental justice in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-27238
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 May 2024
- Current Status: Answer expected on 17 May 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many visitors each VisitScotland iCentre had in 2023.
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