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
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S6W-15590
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 14 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the number of people resident in Scotland who have undergone forced marriages abroad in each year for which data is available.
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Question reference: S6W-15146
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed the issue of unauthorised tree felling with (a) property developers, (b) Police Scotland, (c) Scottish Forestry, (d) Woodland Trust Scotland and (e) NatureScot.
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Question reference: S6W-15145
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 13 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that less than 1% of unauthorised tree felling cases, recorded between 2012-13 and 2020-21, resulted in successful prosecution, and what steps are being taken to increase the rate of successful prosecution for unauthorised tree felling.
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Question reference: S6W-15287
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many visits the Zero Waste Scotland Deposit Return Scheme website has had in each month since it was launched.
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Question reference: S6W-15318
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the current estimated survival rate is in Scotland following a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma.
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Question reference: S6W-15386
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many NHS Scotland staff are currently employed in primarily equality and diversity-focused roles, and how much of the NHS budget has been allocated towards employing equality and diversity staff in each year since 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-15502
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the (a) Diffley Partnership report, Understanding Scotland – Economy, published in February 2023 and (b) finding that healthcare and the NHS were top priorities for survey respondents.
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Question reference: S6W-14810
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding the impact in Scotland, to the Cancer Research (a) UK report, Cancer in the UK: Overview 2023 and (b) Scotland-specific overview, Cancer in the UK: Deprivation and cancer inequalities in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-15329
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has any plans to legalise the use of water cremation or alkaline hydrolysis.
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Question reference: S6W-15503
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 02 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Scottish Business UK independent report, Independence Uncovered: The Economic and Social Impacts of Scottish Independence, published in February 2023.
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