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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-37247
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 29 April 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 6 May 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-36190 by Angela Constance on 22 April 2025, when the peer review is expected to (a) commence and (b) conclude, and whether the final report will be published before the end of 2025.
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Question reference: S6W-36311
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 April 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has met prison governors since 29 March 2023 and what subjects were discussed, broken down by governor.
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Question reference: S6W-36312
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 April 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 29 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has met (a) Scottish Women’s Aid, (b) Victim Support Scotland, (c) Rape Crisis Scotland and (d) COSLA since 29 March 2023, and what subjects were discussed.
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Question reference: S6W-36191
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish the (a) terms of reference, (b) instructions and (c) scope of the work given, as part of the commissioning process, to the person appointed to research and report on the dual role of the Lord Advocate.
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Question reference: S6W-36192
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it responded, other than an acknowledgement, to the letter in February 2024 from the then Secretary of State for Scotland to the then First Minister requesting an update on "whether the dual functions of the Law Officers, as head of the independent prosecution service and principle legal advisers to the Scottish Government should be separated", and, if (a) so, whether it will publish its response and (b) not, when it plans to do so.
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Question reference: S6W-36313
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 April 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 24 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates the Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs has met the (a) chief executive of the Scottish Prisons Service, (b) chief Social Work Advisor, (c) chief executive of the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service and (d) Lord President of the Court of Session since 29 March 2023, and what subjects were discussed.
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Question reference: S6T-02471
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 22 April 2025
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reports that 506 sex offenders in Scotland have changed their name in the past two years.
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Question reference: S6W-36190
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Angela Constance on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government when the report on the dual role of the Lord Advocate will be (a) finalised and (b) published, and whether it will publish preliminary findings in advance of final publication.
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Question reference: S6W-35945
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 March 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6O-02023 by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023, in light of the minister’s comments that, although dualling of the A90 between Ellon and Peterhead was not recommended, “measures were considered for improving road safety and reliability and adapting the trunk road network to deal with the challenge of climate change”, whether it will confirm what action has subsequently been taken to improve the safety of the road at the Toll of Birness, also broken down by what date this (a) was or (b) will be completed, and what further action it plans, and by what date this will (i) commence and (ii) be completed.
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Question reference: S6W-36193
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 28 March 2025
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 17 April 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether the practice of the Lord Advocate and/or Solicitor General attending meetings of the Cabinet is still in place; how many meetings one or both have attended in each of the last 10 years; what their current remit is when attending meetings, and whether the current arrangements are substantively the same, or different, to the arrangements under the previous two First Ministers.
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