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-01453
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 23 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what water conservation measures it has (a) introduced in the last five years or (b) plans to introduce.
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Question reference: S6W-01884
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 22 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what financial grants and schemes are available to companies in (a) the north east and (b) Scotland to encourage smaller enterprises in rural areas that work in the rural sector to develop hydrogen production schemes valued between £100,000 and £300,000.
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Question reference: S6W-01904
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will put in place to support owner-occupiers of off-gas grid homes to achieve EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) Band C by 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-01909
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many off-gas grid homes it estimates are not suitable for the installation of heat pumps, and what its position is on what alternative low-carbon heating systems they are able to install.
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Question reference: S6W-01910
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it estimates it will cost for a typical hard-to-treat off-gas grid home rated between EPC (Energy Performance Certificate) Bands E and G to achieve EPC Band C by 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-01906
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what measures it will put in place to support off-gas grid homes to decarbonise.
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Question reference: S6W-01905
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish its response to the consultation on the Heat in Buildings Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-01908
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of off-gas grid homes it estimates could have heat pumps installed.
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Question reference: S6W-01861
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-00963 by Michael Matheson on 22 July 2021, whether it will provide the information requested regarding (a) what discussions it has had regarding the COVID-19 quarantine arrangements for oil and gas workers returning from work overseas, and with which stakeholders, (b) whether the issue of allowing the workers to quarantine in their own homes instead of hotels has been discussed and, if so, what the outcome was and (c) what future engagement is planned; for what reason it did not provide this information in its response, and, in the event that no such discussions have taken place or are planned, whether it will confirm this.
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Question reference: S6W-01688
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 18 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on small modular reactors.