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-16310
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 12 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to SEPA for the financial year 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-16309
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 12 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to Creative Scotland for the financial year 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-16312
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 12 April 2023
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Question reference: S6W-16304
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 12 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance has been issued to local authorities regarding short-term lets.
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Question reference: S6W-16337
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 12 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on flood defences in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-16477
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with Ferguson Marine since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-16342
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it will work with the Scotch whisky industry to restore Scotland's peatlands.
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Question reference: S6W-16324
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has invested in social care in each year since 2016.
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Question reference: S6W-16311
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has provided to Forestry and Land Scotland for the financial year 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-16314
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 11 April 2023
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