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: S6W-01825
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether CalMac is responsible for reimbursing members of the public for accommodation costs lost as a result of cancelled ferry services on the CalMac network, and, if not, what its position is on who is responsible for reimbursing such costs.
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Question reference: S6W-01949
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it is beneficial to specify in the tendering process for public procurement contracts or agreements the community benefits that will be expected to be delivered.
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Question reference: S6W-01948
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what guidance it has issued to public bodies regarding the permissibility of specifying community benefits that will be expected to be delivered as part of the terms of fulfilling public procurement contracts or agreements.
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Question reference: S6W-01947
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 10 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what impact EU state aid requirements continue to have in Scotland, and what guidance it has issued to public bodies regarding this.
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Question reference: S6W-01917
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the Women’s Health Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-01920
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 6 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to reduce endometriosis treatment waiting times during the current parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-01859
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the report by Deloitte on the governance of the Crofting Commission.
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Question reference: S6W-00969
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that increased community ownership of land and other assets will increase community wealth, and if so, how it considers that this will be achieved.
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Question reference: S6W-00968
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 14 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers current land ownership patterns to be socially and economically just.
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Question reference: S6W-00967
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 July 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that increasing the Scottish Land Fund significantly in the early years of the current parliamentary session will be the most effective way of ensuring that communities can compete for the ownership of land, given that there is an increasing number of wealthy private owners expressing interest in buying land.