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-04178
- Asked by: Karen Adam, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported calls from constituents to save local government services, in light of reports that some services across Banffshire and Buchan Coast are under threat of closure.
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Question reference: S6O-04182
- Asked by: Kevin Stewart, MSP for Aberdeen Central, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the impact of the increase in employer national insurance contributions on the public and third sectors in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-04179
- Asked by: Stephen Kerr, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to reform planning regulations to enable the construction of new nuclear power stations.
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Question reference: S6O-04180
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to invest in frontline primary healthcare to support rural pharmacies.
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Question reference: S6O-04181
- Asked by: Sue Webber, MSP for Lothian, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to strengthen Scotland’s ferry fleet over the coming year.
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Question reference: S6O-04177
- Asked by: Pam Duncan-Glancy, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to taxi drivers in Glasgow to help them comply with the Low Emission Zone.
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Question reference: S6O-04171
- Asked by: Colin Smyth, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the data from the Pupils Census Supplementary Statistics, which reportedly shows that the number of pupils with additional support needs in Dumfries and Galloway increased by over 1,000 between 2019 and 2023.
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Question reference: S6O-04159
- Asked by: Willie Coffey, MSP for Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on Scotland’s alignment with the EU, including in relation to the Digital Single Market.
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Question reference: S6O-04160
- Asked by: Rachael Hamilton, MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government what support it can provide to those who wish to protect and preserve the Bernat Klein Studio in Selkirk.
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Question reference: S6O-04157
- Asked by: Paul Sweeney, MSP for Glasgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2024
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 January 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the progress to restore the Mackintosh Building of the Glasgow School of Art.
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