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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 23 December 2024
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Question reference: S6W-16241

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 27 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it invited Circularity Scotland to respond to its consultation on the post-legislative scrutiny of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.

Question reference: S6W-16889

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 24 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what additional support will be made available to support the construction of social housing when the Scottish equivalent to the Passivhaus standard is introduced.

Question reference: S6W-16138

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 19 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government when it plans to make an announcement on future funding allocations for regional Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) groups.

Question reference: S6W-16060

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 11 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been carried out of the potential benefits of including air-to-air, as well as air-to-water, heating systems in schemes available for grant and loan support through Home Energy Scotland.

Question reference: S6W-16061

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 11 April 2023

To ask the Scottish Government for what reason grant and loan support is not available through Home Energy Scotland for air-to-air heating systems.

Question reference: S6W-16134

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its commitment to “phasing out the need to install new or replacement fossil fuel boilers in off gas properties from 2025”, as set out in its Heat in Buildings Strategy, whether it plans to offer support to help people move to zero or low emissions heating systems rapidly at points of distress, such as the sudden unexpected failure of a fossil fuel boiler.

Question reference: S6W-16135

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 23 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 28 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to ban the use of direct emissions heating systems for existing off-gas-grid properties from 2025.

Question reference: S6W-15745

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 28 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any potential impact on bus services in (a) Orkney, (b) the Highlands and Islands and (c) Scotland that may result from the Network Support Grant Plus coming to an end at the end of March 2023.

Question reference: S6W-15933

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government how much funding is currently allocated for goose management schemes, and how much has been spent in each of the last three years, broken down by scheme.

Question reference: S6W-15828

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2023
  • Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 March 2023

To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-15406 by Lorna Slater on 7 March 2023, what considerations have been given, specifically, to the export of waste in its work with local authorities to develop solutions to manage their residual waste ahead of the landfill ban in 2025.