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-02353
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 June 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of Pride Month, what it is doing to tackle any discrimination against LGBT+ people.
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Question reference: S6W-17816
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 04 May 2023
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 5 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what key findings and recommendations were identified from the recent study into the impact of the 2016-22 Rural Affairs Food and Environment Research Programme.
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Question reference: S6F-02068
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 May 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 May 2023
To ask the First Minister, in light of this being Deaf Awareness Week, what work the Scottish Government is undertaking to ensure that deaf people have their communication needs met.
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Question reference: S6O-02158
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken, in addition to its public consultation, to engage with the fishing industry and the coastal communities that could be affected by Highly Protected Marine Areas.
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Question reference: S6O-02085
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 March 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 29 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding funding for carbon capture projects in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-15331
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its response to the UK Government's use of an order under section 35 of the Scotland Act 1998 to prevent the Scottish Parliament’s Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill from proceeding to Royal Assent.
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Question reference: S6F-01851
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 2 March 2023
To ask First Minister whether she will provide an update on the Scottish Government's response to ongoing food shortages currently affecting Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01696
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it is giving to reinstating rail services to the north east, in particular to Peterhead and Fraserburgh in the Banffshire and Buchan Coast constituency.
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Question reference: S6W-12748
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 November 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, following the publication of the Blue Economy Vision for Scotland on 31 March 2022, whether it will provide an update on progress with Scotland’s blue economy approach.
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Question reference: S6O-01444
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 October 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the reported ongoing political instability within the UK Government impacts on the timing of its plans to ask the constitutional question of whether Scotland should be an independent country.