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-16543
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work it is undertaking to understand more
fully any changes in the behaviour of taxpayers in Scotland following tax
increases, and whether it has developed a strategy to address any such
changes.
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Question reference: S6W-16538
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has (a) a strategy regarding public sector employment headcount and (b) any employment headcount targets for specific public bodies.
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Question reference: S6W-16537
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the three missions set for the Scottish National Investment Bank, and what assessment it has made of whether the current missions are maximising the bank's effectiveness.
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Question reference: S6W-16542
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will take, in light of the Scottish Fiscal Commission's Fiscal Sustainability Report, to address the reported long-term population decline.
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Question reference: S6W-16536
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Scottish National Investment Bank to discuss the ongoing recruitment process for a new CEO.
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Question reference: S6W-16541
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last met with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.
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Question reference: S6W-16616
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 11 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the £202.6 million figure that the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth stated to the Finance and Public Administration Committee on 7 March 2023 (Official Report, c. 14), whether it will provide a breakdown of this figure; whether the figure represented the projected cost of the Ferguson Marine contract or the actual cost, to date, and whether the figure included the (a) £45 million loan payments agreed for Ferguson Marine in 2017-18 and (b) payments from Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited to Ferguson Marine under the original contract of £83.25 million.
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Question reference: S6W-16535
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East 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 when the Cabinet Secretary for Finance will next meet with each chief executive of Scotland’s enterprise agencies.
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Question reference: S6W-15975
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 5 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of any potential impact of local authorities decreasing relief on non-domestic rates for empty, listed properties.
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Question reference: S6W-15973
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 22 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on efforts to recommence operations at Stoneywood paper mill, in Aberdeen, in light of reports from 12 February 2023 that there was about to be a "credible bid" made.