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
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Question reference: S6W-06879
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 21 February 2022
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 22 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it will publish the scenario-mapping report prepared for the seaweed sector, and whether it will provide an update on the progress of the Seaweed Review.
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Question reference: S6O-00787
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on how the Distress Brief Intervention programme is supporting people experiencing mental health crises.
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Question reference: S6W-05670
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to encourage Hunterston B and Dounreay to share knowledge and skills in nuclear decommissioning.
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Question reference: S6W-05667
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the recent shutdown of Hunterston B Power Station, how many jobs the nuclear decommissioning sector currently supports.
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Question reference: S6W-05668
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 1 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on how nuclear decommissioning skills can be transferred to the renewables sector.
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Question reference: S6W-05666
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 27 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it will monitor the need to reconsider the inclusion of overprovision powers in the Short Term Lets Licensing Order.
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Question reference: S6O-00613
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 22 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it is progressing plans for carbon neutral islands.
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Question reference: S6O-00531
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 December 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 15 December 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that healthcare services in rural areas are working for the people that they serve.
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Question reference: S6O-00450
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the laying of NPF4, whether it can provide an updated timescale for the consultation on Phase 2 of the Strategic Transport Projects Review 2.
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Question reference: S6O-00417
- Asked by: Emma Roddick, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 November 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 November 2021
To ask the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body what review has been undertaken of heating the Parliament building, in light of the updated ventilation requirements.