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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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Dates of parliamentary sessions
  1. Session 1: 12 May 1999 to 31 March 2003
  2. Session 2: 7 May 2003 to 2 April 2007
  3. Session 3: 9 May 2007 to 22 March 2011
  4. Session 4: 11 May 2011 to 23 March 2016
  5. Session 5: 12 May 2016 to 5 May 2021
  6. Current session: 12 May 2021 to 26 April 2025
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Question reference: S6W-02555

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 8 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether any ring-fenced funds are being provided to local authorities to cover the cost of installing (a) ventilation aids, such as fans, and (b) CO2 monitors in all public buildings, including schools and community groups.

Question reference: S6W-03492

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 November 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what records Forestry and Land Scotland kept in 2020 to ensure that mothers killed were matched to calves killed; how it ensured that all alternatives were tried first in every forest, in keeping with the conditions for an out-of-season culling licence for deer; what information it has on whether this approach was taken prior to the out-of-season dear cull in September 2021, and what its position is on whether such licences are needed in all national forests.

Question reference: S6W-03499

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, further to its announcement of £25 million of funding for businesses to improve ventilation, whether funding will also be made available for community halls for public use.

Question reference: S6W-03437

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 27 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, what its response is to ATM providers reportedly being charged a higher level of business rates by local authorities for operating so-called through-the-wall machines, and, in light of the 2020 Supreme Court ruling for England and Wales, which said that no additional business rates could be charged on ATMs for having them onsite, what measures it is taking to support ATM providers in Scotland facing such business rates.

Question reference: S6W-03491

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2021

    Submitting member has a registered interest.

  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 26 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what guarantees it can provide that dependent deer calves will be killed along with their mothers during Forestry and Land Scotland’s out-of-season deer culls.

Question reference: S6W-03423

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government whether the Office of the Public Guardian in Scotland (OPG) is experiencing a backlog of power of attorney applications, and, if so, what support it is offering the OPG to ease this backlog.

Question reference: S6W-03211

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the country’s grouse moors, and, in light of the recent report published by the University of Northampton, Sustainable Grouse Shooting?, which stated that “It is unlikely that the alternative uses [to grouse shooting] that are proposed by some groups for the moorlands would deliver the same positive economic impacts, at least for a number of generations”, what analysis it has carried out of the economic impact of these moors.

Question reference: S6W-03213

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the recent report published by the University of Northampton, Sustainable Grouse Shooting?, which stated that “We believe that our conclusions, detailed above, are supported by the currently available evidence. However, we are conscious of the danger of legislation being driven by public (non-evidence based) perceptions of issues such as animal welfare, muirburn, rewilding etc. It is important that policy makers are presented with evidence, in a form that they find useful. This report will help in the production of this useful evidence”, and whether it will take the findings of the report into account when making decisions regarding how it supports grouse moor management.

Question reference: S6W-03212

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Tuesday, 28 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 20 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that grouse moor management is fully supported, in light of the recent report published by the University of Northampton, Sustainable Grouse Shooting?, which stated that “Compared with upland areas where grouse shooting does not take place, the biodiversity of ‘grouse moors’ seems to be at least as rich, if not richer” and the reported comment by the First Minister that she has an “unwavering commitment to address biodiversity loss across all ministerial portfolios”, and what analysis it has carried out of the biodiversity of these moors.

Question reference: S6W-03216

  • Asked by: Alexander Burnett, MSP for Aberdeenshire West, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 30 September 2021
  • Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 19 October 2021

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reports that it has led to charges being introduced on some previously free-to-use ATM machines in Scotland, and other machines being withdrawn, what discussions it has had with LINK regarding its decision to reduce the interchange fee.