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-02698
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the social justice secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding how to improve access to energy efficient housing in rural communities
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Question reference: S6W-22041
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 31 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of (a) its and (b) each of its agencies' vehicle fleet is comprised of zero-emission vehicles, and what information it has on how this compares with other public bodies.
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Question reference: S6W-21948
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many air quality emissions monitors have been installed on local and trunk roads, broken down by local authority area, since the publication of the Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 progress report that committed to "establish a comprehensive network of cutting-edge remote sensing air quality monitors on local and trunk roads in the early 2020s", broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6O-02661
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what discussions the Minister for Public Finance, Planning and Community Wealth has had with ministerial colleagues regarding efforts to ensure that circular economy practices are embedded in public procurement.
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Question reference: S6W-22042
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 05 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 25 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on whether it remains committed to providing the full £100 million of funding to the Green Jobs Fund over the lifetime of the initiative.
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Question reference: S6W-21971
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 03 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 24 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last requested updated advice from Zero Waste Scotland on identifying circular economic opportunities in the textiles sector.
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Question reference: S6O-02637
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the education secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding action to reduce instances of vaping in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-21383
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 14 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 9 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what proportion of species at risk of extinction it considers there is currently (a) sufficient and (b) insufficient data on (i) abundance and (ii) distribution.
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Question reference: S6W-21949
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 02 October 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it remains committed to commissioning "population research on the long term effects of air pollution", as committed to in the Cleaner Air for Scotland 2 report.
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Question reference: S6W-21472
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-20817 by Fiona Hyslop on 12 September 2023, whether any minister has met with original equipment manufacturers of electric vehicles in the past three years.