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-38707
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to ensure that rural communities have equal access to (a) waste disposal facilities and (b) civic amenity sites, in order to reduce any risk of fly-tipping in remote areas.
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Question reference: S6W-38711
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to develop and deliver a national anti-littering media campaign, and, if it has any such plans, how it will assess its effectiveness in changing behaviour.
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Question reference: S6W-38710
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices for (a) littering and (b) fly-tipping have been issued in each year since 2019, and what percentage of these were paid in full.
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Question reference: S6W-38700
- Asked by: Jamie Greene, MSP for West Scotland, Scottish Liberal Democrats
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how many care homes have closed in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) how many residents were affected by any closures.
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Question reference: S6W-38708
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it has allocated to each local authority to support the implementation of the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-38677
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to protect households from any cold-call scams linked to green energy grants.
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Question reference: S6W-38703
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the alternative green route, along the other side of the glen, for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful section should be re-evaluated to assess whether it would be a more proportionate or cheaper alternative route for the road to take.
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Question reference: S6W-38717
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what specific support it is providing to rural local authorities and communities to address fly-tipping in remote and sparsely populated areas, in light of the commitments in the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy 2023-24.
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Question reference: S6W-38705
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the current proposal for the A83 Rest and Be Thankful section is (a) deliverable and (b) affordable, and what assessment has been made of the potential impact on the economy of Argyll while it is being constructed.
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Question reference: S6W-38713
- Asked by: Tim Eagle, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 13 June 2025
- Current Status: Answer expected on 27 June 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what action it has taken to ensure that there is consistent enforcement of fly-tipping offences across local authorities, as set out in the National Litter and Flytipping Strategy 2023-24 Action Plan.
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