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-23291
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what provision it is making for targeted multi-year funding for local authorities to introduce, upgrade and maintain flood resilience measures.
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Question reference: S6W-23292
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to conduct a time series analysis of temperature-related mortality in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-23283
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on setting quantifiable targets for establishing levels of resilience to climate change.
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Question reference: S6W-23284
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans for responsibility for planned outcomes in the next Scottish National Adaptation Plan (SNAP3) to sit with individual directorates.
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Question reference: S6W-23285
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what progress has been made in developing a monitoring and evaluation framework for climate change adaptation.
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Question reference: S6W-23231
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-01058 by Mairi McAllan on 13 July 2021, what progress has been made on establishing a baseline for marine plastic pollution monitoring.
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Question reference: S6W-23294
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last assessed the extent and effectiveness of nature-based flood management solutions, and whether it plans to provide extra funding for measurement efforts.
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Question reference: S6W-23289
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the next Scottish National Adaptation Plan (SNAP3) will include a Scotland-wide assessment of current and future potential risks from weather-related cascading infrastructure failures.
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Question reference: S6W-23286
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether any barriers have been identified to unlocking private investment in climate change adaptation measures, and, if so, whether it will provide further details of these.
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Question reference: S6W-23287
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has identified any barriers that could prevent it from meeting its peatland restoration targets, and, if so, whether it will provide further details of these.
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