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: S6O-03977
- Asked by: Roz McCall, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the reported potential withdrawal of levelling up funding for the city of Dunfermline and any economic impact this may have.
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Question reference: S6O-03991
- Asked by: Evelyn Tweed, MSP for Stirling, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it is engaging with the growing heat pump industry, in light of the potential role that heat pumps can play in helping to achieve net zero.
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Question reference: S6O-03987
- Asked by: Mark Griffin, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what early discussion it has had with COSLA regarding the detail of the financial settlement that it has received from the UK Government's Budget.
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Question reference: S6O-03990
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will publish its Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan.
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Question reference: S6O-03985
- Asked by: Richard Leonard, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether local authorities will receive a fair budget settlement.
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Question reference: S6O-03996
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is, regarding any implications for its Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, to the reported announcement by Apache that it will cease all operations in the North Sea by the end of 2029.
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Question reference: S6O-03979
- Asked by: Ariane Burgess, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the economy secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding any economic analysis it has undertaken of the impact on the wider Scottish economy of fish farming.
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Question reference: S6O-03986
- Asked by: Foysol Choudhury, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to protect the allocation of funding to third sector organisations in its forthcoming Budget.
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Question reference: S6O-03993
- Asked by: Meghan Gallacher, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions the net zero secretary has had with ministerial colleagues regarding mitigating fire risk from battery energy storage systems, in light of the role that battery storage can play in the future energy mix of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-03982
- Asked by: Pauline McNeill, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will consider ring fencing funding in its forthcoming Budget to allocate to a Glasgow Airport rail link.
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