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-23259
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many of Scotland’s rural estates are accredited Living Wage Employers.
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Question reference: S6W-23260
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of workers currently employed by Scotland’s rural estates are paid at least the real Living Wage.
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Question reference: S6W-23261
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on workers of seasonal and insecure contracts, and whether it is working to reduce the use of these contracts in favour of permanent and secure contracts.
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Question reference: S6W-23443
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of international land reform measures, and how any such assessment has influenced its proposed Land Reform Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-23442
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact of its proposed Land Reform Bill on (a) housing, (b) jobs, (c) food production and (d) rural depopulation.
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Question reference: S6W-23441
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 7 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it measures the diversity of landownership, and what its position is on how diverse Scotland’s landownership is.
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Question reference: S6O-02873
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 December 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to develop a wealth tax.
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Question reference: S6W-23211
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many people are directly employed in the public sector to undertake peatland restoration work, broken down by public body employer.
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Question reference: S6W-23213
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what ongoing monitoring of labour conditions is undertaken in relation to private sector projects that have been granted public funding, such as through Peatland ACTION, under its Fair Work First guidance.
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Question reference: S6W-23212
- Asked by: Mercedes Villalba, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Gillian Martin on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding has been granted through Peatland ACTION to cover labour costs for peatland recovery, broken down by applicants that are categorised as (a) from the (i) public (ii) private and (iii) third sector, (b) individuals and (c) "other".