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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 25 December 2024
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Question reference: S6O-01322

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 August 2022
  • Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 September 2022

To ask the Scottish Government when it last met NHS Orkney and what issues were discussed.

Question reference: S6W-10377

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Monday, 22 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the prioritised recommendation of the United States Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report that Scotland, in particular, must "vigorously prosecute and convict suspected traffickers".

Question reference: S6W-10212

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 11 August 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 29 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to tackle human trafficking, in light of the findings of the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report July 2022.

Question reference: S6W-10197

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Friday, 05 August 2022

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government how many new connections of superfast broadband have been delivered to properties in the North Scotland Lot, as part of the Reaching 100 Programme, in each month from 1 January to 31 July 2022, broken down by local authority area.

Question reference: S6W-09983

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 23 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to mitigate the reported rising input costs of fertiliser, feed and fuel being experienced by the farming industry.

Question reference: S6W-09903

  • Asked by: Liam McArthur, MSP for Orkney Islands, Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 21 July 2022
  • Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 August 2022

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when the Fair Fares Review will be published,

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.

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.

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.

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.