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: S6O-00927
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting the provision of community first responders in island communities.
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Question reference: S6W-06922
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the evidence it used for (a) providing a self-isolation exemption to health and social care staff who have tested positive for COVID-19 within 28 days of contact with an infected person and (b) not extending this exemption to other sectors under strain due to staff shortages.
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Question reference: S6W-06923
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to expand the self-isolation exemption for health and social care staff who are identified as close contacts for COVID-19 but are not fully vaccinated and have tested positive for the virus within 28 days, to other sectors under strain due to staff shortages.
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Question reference: S6W-07142
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether statutory sick pay is sufficient support for people who are required to self-isolate due to COVID-19, and who do not qualify for the Self-isolation Support Grant and who care for one or more dependants, and what the basis is for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S6W-07143
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 March 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 18 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to the financial support needs of families with young people where the primary earner is required to self-isolate due to COVID-19 and does not qualify for the Self-isolation Support Grant.
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Question reference: S6W-06656
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30445 by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2020, in light of its updated Climate Change Plan and the information provided in response to the freedom of information request FOI/19/02661, which suggested that an expansion of Heathrow Airport could lead to an additional 75,000 flights to Scotland's airports over 15 years that would produce 600,000 additional tonnes in emissions, whether it considers that its position on any expansion is compatible with its declaration of a climate emergency and the aims of the updated Climate Change Plan.
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Question reference: S6W-06653
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the recommendation of the Climate Change Committee in its sixth carbon budget advice for the aviation sector that “there should be no net expansion of UK airport capacity unless the sector is on track to sufficiently outperform its net emissions trajectory and can accommodate the additional demand”, what its assessment is of whether this test (a) is currently being met and (b) will be met in the future, and if so, by what date; and what the implications are of this for its memorandum of understanding with Heathrow Airport to support the building of a third runway.
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Question reference: S6W-06652
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-30436 by Michael Matheson on 27 July 2020, whether it remains committed to the memorandum of understanding that it signed with Heathrow Airport, and what further consideration it has given to withdrawing from it, in light of the reported comments in October 2021 of Lord Deben, the chair of the Climate Change Committee, that “there is not any space for airport expansion”.
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Question reference: S6O-00922
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 March 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding matching Ukrainian refugees with households in Scotland that have registered under the Homes for Ukraine scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-06651
- Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 14 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will carry out an assessment of the carbon value of the additional flights between Heathrow Airport and Scotland that would result from building a third runway, as set out in its memorandum of understanding with Heathrow Airport and the information contained in the response to the freedom of information request FOI/19/20661, in light of (a) the UK Government’s revised guidance on carbon valuation, as set out in its policy paper Valuation of greenhouse gas emissions: for policy appraisal and evaluation, published on 2 September 2021, and (b) analysis by the New Economics Foundation, published on 27 January 2022, relating to carbon value and airport expansion projects.
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