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-17404
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what statute or regulation defines responsibilities towards (a) maintaining, (b) enhancing and (c) preventing the deterioration of the quality of water in the environment; to which statutory body or bodies any responsibility for this falls; who (i) measures and (ii) reports on the quality of water in the environment; whether the quality has been improving or declining; what the explicit and enforceable targets are for enhancing the quality of water in the environment, and (A) to what levels and (B) within what timescales, and what budget it provides for supporting enhancements in water quality.
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Question reference: S6W-17408
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) any statutory requirement exists for Scottish Water, or farmers and other land managers, to reduce the amount of water abstracted from rivers or underground sources, (b) any wider statutory requirement exists to reduce the amount of abstracted water (i) in general and (ii) from sensitive habitats and (c) abstracting water from any source requires consent from SEPA.
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Question reference: S6W-17413
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 9 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether its commitment to peatland restoration is
tied to the fulfilment of any domestic or international climate action
agreements; what its position is on whether its current policy on peatland
restoration is in line with the expectations of the Climate Change Committee;
what annual budget is allocated to achieve its commitments in relation to
peatland restoration, and whether any such budget allocations for peatland
restoration have been fully spent in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-17416
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what explicit, quantified (a) commitments it has made and (b) targets it has set for the sustainable management of commercial (i) fish and (ii) shellfish.
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Question reference: S6W-17405
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it, local authorities, NHS boards or Scottish Water can raise finance for capital spending from private finance sources, while keeping that finance from counting against public expenditure totals, and whether current policy encourages any such private finance schemes to help public authorities meet their statutory duties.
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Question reference: S6W-16443
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the ways in which magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) treatment can improve a patient’s employment prospects.
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Question reference: S6W-16442
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered the economic impact of delayed treatment for patients with essential tremor.
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Question reference: S6W-17250
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14784 by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023, whether it will directly address the issue raised in the question regarding when it will fulfil its commitment to reduce train journey times between Inverness and Edinburgh to 2 hours 45 minutes.
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Question reference: S6W-17199
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13379 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 22 December 2022, when the evaluation report, which was expected in February 2023, will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-17200
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the appointment of the new Minister for Transport, whether the minister will meet with the Rest and Be Thankful action group separately from A83 Task Force meetings.
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