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-10852
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that there are sufficient numbers of caseworkers to assess all claims to Scotland’s Redress Scheme within the stated six-week timeframe.
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Question reference: S6W-10854
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether priority is given to vulnerable adult applicants to Scotland’s Redress Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-10894
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 21 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the announcement that single adult bus fares in England will be capped at £2 between January and March 2023, whether it will consider a similar approach in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-10618
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what research it is undertaking into the potential impact of avian influenza on European storm petrel colonies in (a) Scotland and (b) Shetland.
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Question reference: S6W-10514
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is on track to remove the majority of diesel buses from public transport by 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-10520
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is working with other UK administrations to ensure that each administration’s registration systems for COVID-19 vaccinations are accessible by staff in all of the UK’s health authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-10515
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what targets are in place for the Bus Decarbonisation Taskforce to meet the actions that it is currently taking and still has to take, as set out in Scotland’s pathway to zero-emission buses.
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Question reference: S6W-10673
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients have undergone corrective treatment in Scotland by NHS dentists following crown implant treatments abroad and what the cost has been to the NHS for any such treatments, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6O-01374
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 September 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it was last in contact with Shetland Islands Council and what was discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-10095
- Asked by: Beatrice Wishart, MSP for Shetland Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 29 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the temporary storage of industrial materials without timetabled recovery plans in Marine Protected Areas.