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-36679
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what data it collects on retail crime trends broken down by region, crime type and outcomes, and whether it will publish any such data.
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Question reference: S6W-36691
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential economic impact of the recently announced USA import tariffs on Scotland-based businesses, and what representations it has made to the UK Government in response.
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Question reference: S6W-36637
- Asked by: Russell Findlay, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, following the nationalisation of Ferguson Marine in 2019, whether responsibility for the contract to build MV Glen Sannox and MV Glen Rosa was transferred from CMAL to the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-36664
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered launching a national campaign to encourage people to sign up to be an on-call firefighter.
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Question reference: S6W-36690
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what contingency planning it has undertaken to mitigate the economic consequences of any tariffs being placed on Scotch whisky in foreign markets.
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Question reference: S6W-36660
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered reforms to the fitness test for new firefighters.
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Question reference: S6W-36716
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-24241 by Lorna Slater on 10 January 2024, whether it will provide an updated breakdown of any projects funded through the Recycling Improvement Fund to date showing the (a) expected tonnage increase in recycled material and (b) funding allocated to each project.
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Question reference: S6W-36663
- Asked by: Sharon Dowey, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to recruit more (a) on-call and (b) full-time firefighters.
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Question reference: S6W-36712
- Asked by: Claire Baker, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the plan by the UK Government, through its Crime and Policing Bill, to increase police powers related to antisocial behaviour on off-road bikes, what consideration it is giving to introducing similar legislation.
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Question reference: S6W-36710
- Asked by: Maurice Golden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 April 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of soft plastics collected in Scotland are recycled in Scotland.
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