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-17880
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how long the A9 Inverness to Perth road has been closed due to an accident in (a) one and (b) both direction(s) in each of the last five years, broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-17881
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many accident-related temporary closures of the A9 Inverness to Scrabster road have taken place in (a) one and (b) both direction(s) in each of the last five years, broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-17878
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how long the A9 Inverness to Scrabster road has been closed due to an accident in (a) one and (b) both direction(s) in each of the last five years, broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-17879
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many accident-related temporary closures of the A9 Inverness to Perth road have taken place in (a) one and (b) both direction(s) in each of the last five years, broken down by month.
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Question reference: S6W-17904
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
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Date lodged: Friday, 12 May 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many Highland-based organisations have received support from its CashBack for Communities programme in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 to date.
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Question reference: S6W-17412
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its commitment is to increasing forestry cover, including any timescales; whether any such commitment is tied to the fulfilment of any domestic or international climate action agreements; whether current policy towards extending tree cover meets the expectations of the Climate Change Committee; what annual budget is allocated to achieve its commitments on tree cover, and whether any such budget allocations for tree cover have been fully spent in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-17728
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) its and (b) NatureScot officials are providing to landowners and managers any introductions to the private financiers involved in the Memorandum of Understanding with NatureScot.
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Question reference: S6W-17725
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to questions S6W-16435 and S6W-16430 by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023, whether the ethical framework referred to as yet to be “agreed and approved” will be subject to open consultation prior to its agreement and approval; by whom the ethical framework will be approved, and how adherence to the framework will be (a) monitored and (b) reported.
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Question reference: S6W-17727
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16430 by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023, whether the project board envisaged will approve investment cases; what status any such approval will have; whether any investment cases approved by the project board will confer any beneficial status on investment cases approved, and when the first investment cases are expected to be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-17726
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 09 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 19 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-16434 by Lorna Slater on 25 April 2023, whether any representatives of community ownership organisations were involved in the workshops referred to on alternative ownership models; who (a) organised and (b) attended the workshops; whether a record of the workshop (i) discussions and (ii) decisions will be made publicly available, and whether the workshops were arranged specifically to further the work flowing from the Memorandum of Understanding with NatureScot.