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-24073
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the 2022 ClimateXChange report, Clean Heat and Energy Efficiency Workforce Assessment, which scenario the Scottish economy is currently tracking in terms of uptake of heat networks and heat pumps.
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Question reference: S6W-24057
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has undertaken regarding any impact of its proposal for buyers to install clean heating systems if their property does not already have one on the affordability of new build homes within the (a) rural and (b) urban housing market.
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Question reference: S6W-24055
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that low-carbon heating systems and energy efficiency measures offered by companies meet appropriate standards for quality.
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Question reference: S6W-24066
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the report that it commissioned from ClimateXChange, Clean Heat and Energy Efficiency Workforce Assessment, published in 2022, did not include an assessment of workforce capability to support all aspects of installation and maintenance of low-carbon heat and energy efficiency measures.
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Question reference: S6W-24050
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to developing specific training within colleges and universities to develop skills in the delivery of heat networks.
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Question reference: S6W-24058
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has undertaken regarding any impact of its proposal for buyers to install clean heating systems if their property does not already have one on the ability of buyers to secure a mortgage.
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Question reference: S6W-24051
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what economic assessment it has undertaken regarding its proposal for private landlords to meet a minimum energy efficiency standard by 2028 and any potential impact on the availability of private rental homes.
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Question reference: S6W-24071
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what proportion of rural homes it anticipates have the potential to access district heating networks under the current proposals within its consultation on a Heat in Buildings Bill.
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Question reference: S6W-24068
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to energy efficiency SMEs to (a) identify and (b) apply for support to upskill or re-skill their current workforce.
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Question reference: S6W-24067
- Asked by: Brian Whittle, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Patrick Harvie on 17 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to carry out an assessment of workforce capability to support all aspects of installation and maintenance of low-carbon heat and energy efficiency measures.