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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-02106
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it anticipates its proposed Agriculture Bill and future payments framework will support progress towards meeting Scotland’s emissions reduction targets.
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Question reference: S6W-15384
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when maps will be made publicly available showing the outer 45km boundaries of Scotland’s two Green Freeports, the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport.
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Question reference: S6W-15385
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 24 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the status will be of legally protected sites for nature, such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), that fall wholly or partially within the outer 45km boundaries of Scotland’s two Green Freeports, the Inverness and Cromarty Firth Green Freeport and Forth Green Freeport.
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Question reference: S6F-01844
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2023
To ask the First Minister whether the Scottish Government will provide an update on how it is responding to the Climate Change Committee's report on progress in reducing emissions in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01904
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 22 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the steps that it is taking to improve the management of inshore fisheries, in light of the reported increasing pressures on fishers and fish stocks in Scotland's coastal regions.
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Question reference: S6W-14080
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many school pupils have been assessed and/or declared themselves as having a disability in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020 and (d) 2021, and, of those, how many were assessed and/or declared themselves as being (i) deaf or having a hearing impairment, (ii) blind or having a visual impairment and (iii) deafblind.
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Question reference: S6O-01802
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 January 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 19 January 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what work is underway to assess the impact of vapes on public health.
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Question reference: S6O-01685
- Asked by: Gillian Mackay, MSP for Central Scotland, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the papers on taxation policy recently published by the Scottish Trades Union Congress and Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland.
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