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-12333
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00960 by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022, what figure it used for the gigawatt value of potential offshore wind developments associated with ScotWind for the purposes of producing the figure in the statement that Scotland has “over 40GW of potential offshore wind developments already in the pipeline”.
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Question reference: S6W-12335
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00960 by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022, whether the figure in the statement that Scotland has “over 40GW of potential offshore wind developments already in the pipeline” includes (a) currently operational offshore wind developments and (b) potential Innovation and Targeted Oil and Gas (INTOG) offshore wind developments.
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Question reference: S6W-12334
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6T-00960 by Lorna Slater on 15 November 2022, which potential offshore wind developments were included in the figure in the statement that Scotland has “over 40GW of potential offshore wind developments already in the pipeline”.
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Question reference: S6W-12259
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Thursday, 17 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 2 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the ministerial statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Rural Economy and Tourism on 24 March 2021, what the £7 million loan from the Scottish National Investment Bank to Liberty Steel Dalzell Ltd was for; what the terms of this loan were; how much of this loan has been paid back; whether repayments of the loan were made on time, and when the full amount of the loan is due to be paid back by Liberty Steel Dalzell Ltd.
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Question reference: S6W-11554
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 October 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to bring forward legislation to (a) raise the school starting age to six and (b) implement a universal play-based kindergarten stage for children aged three to six, by the end of this parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-12095
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the role of Confucius Institutes in Scottish higher education.
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Question reference: S6W-12089
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of any threat to former Hong Kong residents who have resettled in Scotland from the Chinese police service that is reportedly operating in Glasgow.
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Question reference: S6W-12096
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has met with former members of the Hong Kong community in Scotland to gain knowledge and understanding of their experiences since resettling in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-12097
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the number of any attacks that have taken place in Scotland on former Hong Kong residents who have resettled in Scotland by members of the Chinese Communist Party.
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Question reference: S6W-12094
- Asked by: Willie Rennie, MSP for North East Fife, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 11 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what contact it has had with former Hong Kong residents who have resettled in Scotland following reports of the existence of a branch of the Chinese police service in Glasgow.