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-19945
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 4 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-10670 by Jenny Gilruth on 23 September 2022, whether any noise monitoring and enforcement trials have been introduced by any road authority in Scotland within the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-19916
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 31 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to encouraging the nesting of (a) swifts and (b) other birds through changing building standards.
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Question reference: S6W-19647
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 31 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what consideration it has given to introducing compulsory sale orders for vacant properties.
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Question reference: S6W-19417
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 27 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has completed the review into public funding for bus operators in Scotland, and, if so, what the review has recommended.
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Question reference: S6W-20194
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Lorna Slater on 26 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on extended producer responsibility for packaging reforms.
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Question reference: S6W-19431
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to meet with the local community, workers, and operators of the Mossmorran complex regarding a site-specific just transition plan for the site.
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Question reference: S6W-19432
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether it will be possible to achieve Scotland’s climate target of 75% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 without a site-specific just transition plan for the Mossmorran complex.
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Question reference: S6W-19422
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 17 July 2023
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Question reference: S6W-19646
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported fatalities, what consideration has been given to providing a traffic-free cycle route alongside the A85 from Glen Ogle to Crianlarich.
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Question reference: S6W-19427
- Asked by: Mark Ruskell, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 23 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work is being undertaken to ensure that its forthcoming aviation strategy is compliant with Scotland’s climate change obligations.
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