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-03755
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out how it measures economic growth, including what metrics it uses to assess success in economic growth.
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Question reference: S6O-03753
- Asked by: Maggie Chapman, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the findings of the Fair Work Convention’s inquiry into Fair Work in the Hospitality Industry.
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Question reference: S6O-03772
- Asked by: Gordon MacDonald, MSP for Edinburgh Pentlands, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its efforts to develop a world-leading green hydrogen sector.
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Question reference: S6O-03761
- Asked by: Collette Stevenson, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what estimate it has made of the cost of private finance initiative repayments in the current financial year.
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Question reference: S6O-03750
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how its Green Industrial Strategy will encourage companies to remain in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03762
- Asked by: Colin Beattie, MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Midlothian and East Lothian councils regarding the financial impact of national policies, in light of reports of their constrained budgets.
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Question reference: S6O-03757
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its 2024-25 Programme for Government to "consult on modernisation of the compulsory purchase system to help deliver a wide range of projects in the public interest", whether this consultation will include compulsory sale orders and compulsory rental orders in its scope.
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Question reference: S6O-03751
- Asked by: Clare Haughey, MSP for Rutherglen, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, as part of the development and delivery of its economic strategy, what assessment it has made of the contribution of the drinks sector to the economy.
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Question reference: S6O-03760
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the comments of Professor Graeme Roy, Chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission, that Scotland's net position in 2022-23 was around £624 million lower than it would have been had Scottish economic performance matched that of the rest of the UK.
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Question reference: S6O-03763
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 25 September 2024
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the local government funding settlement, what discussions the finance secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding the potential revenue that local authorities could generate through Decriminalised Parking Enforcement regimes in their areas.
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