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-01859
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 26 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the report by Deloitte on the governance of the Crofting Commission.
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Question reference: S6W-01718
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on supporting the fishing industry since 1 January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-01717
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has spent on supporting the agriculture sector since 1 January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-01919
- Asked by: Sarah Boyack, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to help ensure that hospitality businesses in (a) Edinburgh and (b) nationally have sufficient staffing cover.
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Question reference: S6W-01191
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to (a) consult on and (b) implement the recommendations in its paper, Review of the Storage and Spreading of Sewage Sludge on Land in Scotland (The Sludge Review).
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Question reference: S6W-01190
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the findings of the study that it commissioned on the human health and environmental impacts of the use of sewage sludge.
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Question reference: S6W-01064
- Asked by: Miles Briggs, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 June 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 3 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many people have been referred by their GP to mental health services in each year since 2016, also broken down by NHS board.
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Question reference: S6W-01397
- Asked by: Jackie Baillie, MSP for Dumbarton, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 12 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason earwax-removal services are no longer offered through the NHS.
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Question reference: S6W-01129
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Ben Macpherson on 3 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates its review of the Scottish Welfare Fund will commence; what the scope of the review will be; when it will report, and what the anticipated timescale is for any recommendations to be implemented.
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Question reference: S6W-01354
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 July 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 3 August 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of how the introduction of allowing consumers the right to repair or replacement under section 23 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 might impact on businesses in Scotland.
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