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-20485
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Police Scotland or Public Health Scotland have been asked to provide any additional information to it on its proposals for safe drug consumption facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-20486
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether its proposals for safe drug consumption facilities include further facilities outside the one proposed for Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-20487
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to investigate the legal framework required for a network of drug testing facilities.
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Question reference: S6W-20490
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it (a) can take and (b) is taking to secure the reclassification of naloxone through the amendment of the Medicines Act 1968.
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Question reference: S6W-20484
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations had input into its proposal for safe drug consumption facilities that was sent to the Lord Advocate.
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Question reference: S6W-20483
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it sent its proposal for safe drug consumption facilities to the Lord Advocate.
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Question reference: S6W-20488
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 28 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to expand access to drug paraphernalia within a harm reduction framework.
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Question reference: S6W-20197
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it has not applied Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) to fares on the Aberdeen-Kirkwall ferry route.
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Question reference: S6W-20195
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) longest and (b) average time spent on remand was in (i) 2020-21, (ii) 2021-22 and (iii) 2022-23, also broken down by ethnic group.
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Question reference: S6W-20196
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 24 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people in total are currently being held on remand, and what the (a) longest and (b) average time spent on remand is among those people, broken down by ethnic group.
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