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-10890
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Scottish Water regarding its progress towards installing spill monitors on all sewer overflows that discharge to designated bathing waters by the end of 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-10889
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 September 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to improve the safety of designated bathing waters in response to the reported findings by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) that 49 of 87 designated bathing waters in Scotland have recorded levels of sewage contamination beyond safe limits since May 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-10371
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 August 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08457 by Mairi McAllan on 19 May 2022, what progress has been made on its consultation, Land Reform in a Net Zero Nation, which opened on 4 July 2022; which stakeholders have been involved to date, and whether any further public engagement events are planned before the consultation closes on 25 September 2022.
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Question reference: S6O-01318
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the Health and Care Experience Survey 2021-22 in relation to patient satisfaction with GP services.
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Question reference: S6W-09839
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 11 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many land sales in excess of 3,000 hectares (a) have there been (b) have been registered, in each of the last 10 years.
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Question reference: S6W-09702
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 29 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has, aside from any plans by Circularity Scotland, to inform the public that 16 August 2022 marks one year until the proposed launch date for Scotland's Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-09705
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans it has for the delivery of an offshore training passport for Scotland's offshore oil and gas workers.
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Question reference: S6W-09706
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 27 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will outline any role that an offshore energy passport will play in Scotland's National Strategy for Economic Transformation.
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Question reference: S6W-09435
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it will take to learn from European countries that have in place tighter restrictions regarding the acquisition, use and management of land than those currently in place in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-09433
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to increase the weight given to the public interest, as compared with property rights, when considering land ownership trends in Scotland.