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
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Question reference: S6W-36120
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on EY's forecast that Aberdeen is expected to be the only UK location where average annual gross value added (GVA) growth will be below 1% between 2025 and 2028.
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Question reference: S6W-36044
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are currently employed in the nuclear industry in Scotland, and what the value of the industry has been to the economy in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-36051
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it uses when deciding whether to hold discretionary fatal accident inquiries.
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Question reference: S6W-36061
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it monitors any trends or common factors identified across fatal accident inquiries, and how it uses any such data in its policy development.
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Question reference: S6W-36059
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of fatal accident inquiries have involved public bodies in each of the last three years, broken down by type of organisation.
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Question reference: S6W-36058
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures (a) transparency and (b) public accountability regarding the outcomes and recommendations of fatal accident inquiries.
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Question reference: S6W-36050
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many fatal accident inquiries have not yet commenced more than (a) one year and (b) two years after being mandated, in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-36121
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what implications EY's forecast contraction in Aberdeen's mining and quarrying sector could have on local employment between 2025 and 2028.
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Question reference: S6W-36122
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the reasons for which Aberdeen is forecast by EY to miss out on the pace of growth in professional services compared to other cities between 2025 and 2028.
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Question reference: S6W-36103
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether proposed minimum safety clearance heights for overhead power lines should be adjusted in response to the increasing size of modern agricultural machinery used across Angus and Aberdeenshire.
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