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-20740
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 01 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Dorothy Bain on 19 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether a recorded police warning (RPW) is an appropriate disposal for the offence of assault, in light of the reported decision by Police Scotland to issue a RPW to an individual for an alleged assault during an incident in Aberdeen on 23 July 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20736
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with UK Government ministers since 27 June 2023 regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-20735
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 15 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-20741
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 14 September 2023
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Question reference: S6W-20796
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the total tonnage is of waste resulting from the decommissioning of (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines that has been sent to landfill sites between 2014 and 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-20798
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many birds have been killed due to (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbine bird strikes between 2014 and 2023, broken down by species.
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Question reference: S6W-20795
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines are due to be decommissioned in the next five years.
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Question reference: S6W-20794
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind turbines have been decommissioned in each year from 2014 to 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-20799
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 12 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on how many companies owning (a) onshore wind turbines in Scotland and (b) offshore wind turbines in Scottish waters were registered in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, (iii) Wales, (iv) Northern Ireland and (v) overseas between 2014 and 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-02492
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the greater use of farm-to-fork methods to encourage domestic food production.
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