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-10018
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09238 by Ivan McKee on 25 July 2022, how many instances of non-compliance by the Scottish Government with its Guidance on due diligence: human rights have occurred since the guidance was published in 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-10020
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09230 by Ivan McKee on 11 July 2022, whether the majority of investment relationships in question are entered into and managed by Scottish Government agencies and non-departmental public bodies; which individuals or bodies are responsible for handling the remaining private investment relationships not overseen by public bodies, and whether the Scottish Government is responsible for any such relationships.
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Question reference: S6W-10019
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 17 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-09230 by Ivan McKee on 11 July 2022, how many (a) initial and (b) full human rights due diligence checks have specifically been conducted by the Scottish Government, rather than non-departmental public bodies, since it published its Guidance on due diligence: human rights.
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Question reference: S6W-09941
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 25 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-05655 by Mairi McAllan on 19 January 2022, when it will provide a full response to the previous parliamentary session's Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform Committee’s Inquiry into Regional Marine Planning, as committed to in the Minister for Rural Affairs and the Natural Environment’s letter to the Committee of 23 March 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-09999
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many times a solicitor has been appointed by court for an unrepresented person facing charges under section 1(1) of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-09982
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available for people seeking to buy a new electric vehicle.
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Question reference: S6W-09981
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated to the Low Carbon Transport Loan scheme in each year from 2016 to 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-09238
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many instances of non-compliance with its Guidance on due diligence: human rights have been reported since the guidance was published in 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-09241
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 25 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that all checks that it has carried out since the publication of its Guidance on due diligence: human rights (a) fully comply with the guidance and (b) take account of the nature and sensitivity of the relationship with the person or organisation being checked, and what the (i) minimum and (ii) maximum scope and depth of these checks has been.
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Question reference: S6W-09424
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 21 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the estimated cost is of exporting residual waste to England in each year from 2025 onwards.
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