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: S6F-02429
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 October 2023
To ask the First Minister how the measures in place to tackle the climate emergency will also help to address poverty.
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Question reference: S6O-02592
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what support is provided to trans people and their companions when accessing healthcare, including gender reassignment surgery.
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Question reference: S6W-21756
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 September 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress in developing future plans for supporting displaced people from Ukraine living in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-02557
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its work to ensure that seasonal agricultural workers have access to effective worker voice under its Fair Work commitments.
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Question reference: S6O-02533
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its engagement with the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and the Fire Brigades Union regarding the FBU’s DECON campaign to raise awareness of and mitigate the carcinogenic nature of firefighting.
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Question reference: S6W-20439
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 07 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 4 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports in the Angus area of prisoners being unable to attend children’s hearings, regarding their children, due to staff shortages at the prison escort service, GEOAmey.
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Question reference: S6O-02466
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 August 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what engagement it has had with communities in the North East Scotland region on any increases to and reform of council tax.
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Question reference: S6W-20303
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 10 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported calls from Climate Camp Scotland and Unite for the Scottish Government to produce a green industrial strategy, which would include plans for decarbonisation of large industrial plants such as the INEOS complex at Grangemouth.
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Question reference: S6W-19536
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 12 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports of a cat being caught and injured in a snare in St Cyrus, whether it has considered banning snares to reduce the incidence of non-target capture of species, for example, cats, dogs or badgers, in snares.
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Question reference: S6O-02426
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how its international development work is supporting the connections between humanitarian aid and loss and damage.
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