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: S6O-02375
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 June 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of recent water scarcity updates from SEPA, which state that the majority of Scotland is now affected by water scarcity, what assessment it has made of the impact of water scarcity conditions on peatland restoration and the ability to sequester carbon.
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Question reference: S6W-18401
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its assessment is of any impact that the delay to the launch date of the Deposit Return Scheme, from August 2023 to March 2024, has had on local authority (a) budgets, (b) public procurement contracts and (c) waste management services.
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Question reference: S6W-18400
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what role the payback of loans from the Scottish National Investment Bank to Circularity Scotland will play in its feasibility assessment of the Deposit Return Scheme, in light of the launch date being delayed from August 2023 to March 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-18399
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what financial impact assessments have been undertaken in relation to any potential for termination of the Deposit Return Scheme at (a) 10, (b) six and (c) three months before the planned launch date of 1 March 2024.
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Question reference: S6W-18406
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 25 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether producers who sell less than 5,000 articles in a year of all products and have already registered as a producer within the Deposit Return Scheme will be released from their producer agreement, and, if so, whether this will be automatic or by application.
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Question reference: S6W-18248
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 May 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 1 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to commission a report on how to encourage responsible private investment into the restoration and expansion of Scotland's rainforest in order to support the Rainforest Restoration Fund model proposed by environmental NGOs, similar to the report that it published recently on encouraging responsible private investment in peatland restoration, Mobilising private investment in natural capital.
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Question reference: S6O-02336
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure that police officers are fully resourced.
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Question reference: S6O-02287
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it is ensuring that opportunities for continuing professional development are regularly available to healthcare professionals.
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Question reference: S6O-02237
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 10 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 17 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what "concrete action" it anticipates taking on the proposals outlined in relation to "Michelle’s Law", which were discussed in the debate on the Michelle's Law Campaign on 6 September 2018.
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Question reference: S6W-16770
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 3 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the plans to resolve safety issues at Tarbolton Moss Landfill Site.
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