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-36191
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the (a) terms of reference, (b) instructions and (c) scope of the work given, as part of the commissioning process, to the person appointed to research and report on the dual role of the Lord Advocate.
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Question reference: S6W-36194
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the Lord Advocate remains independent in her capacity as the chief public prosecutor while also being politically accountable as the senior Law Officer.
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Question reference: S6W-36192
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it responded, other than an acknowledgement, to the letter in February 2024 from the then Secretary of State for Scotland to the then First Minister requesting an update on "whether the dual functions of the Law Officers, as head of the independent prosecution service and principle legal advisers to the Scottish Government should be separated", and, if (a) so, whether it will publish its response and (b) not, when it plans to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-36193
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 25 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the practice of the Lord Advocate and/or Solicitor General attending meetings of the Cabinet is still in place; how many meetings one or both have attended in each of the last 10 years; what their current remit is when attending meetings, and whether the current arrangements are substantively the same, or different, to the arrangements under the previous two First Ministers.
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Question reference: S6W-36190
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the report on the dual role of the Lord Advocate will be (a) finalised and (b) published, and whether it will publish preliminary findings in advance of final publication.
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Question reference: S6W-35944
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the scope and terms of reference that it agreed with AMEY to investigate what safety improvements are required to the trunk road at Toll of Birness; by what date the study will be (a) completed and (b) published; how the reported £10,000 fee for the study was arrived at, and what design and/or construction funding and resources will be committed to any outputs arising from the report.
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Question reference: S6W-36170
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it takes to encourage the reporting of crimes against retailers and their staff, including to make it easier for such incidents to be reported.
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Question reference: S6W-36169
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions there have been each year under the Protection of Workers (Retail and Age-restricted Goods and Services) (Scotland) Act 2021, also broken down by how many (i) convictions and (ii) other disposals there were.
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Question reference: S6W-36171
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the suggestion by the Scottish Retail Consortium that the £3 million fund to deal with retail crime, which was announced in its 2025-26 Budget, should be made permanent.
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Question reference: S6W-35945
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-02023 by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023, in light of the minister’s comments that, although dualling of the A90 between Ellon and Peterhead was not recommended, “measures were considered for improving road safety and reliability and adapting the trunk road network to deal with the challenge of climate change”, whether it will confirm what action has subsequently been taken to improve the safety of the road at the Toll of Birness, also broken down by what date this (a) was or (b) will be completed, and what further action it plans, and by what date this will (i) commence and (ii) be completed.
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