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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: S5O-03976

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2020

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Stirling and Clackmannanshire City Region Deal.

Question reference: S5O-03895

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 December 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 11 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting veterans, including those who are homeless, to find accommodation.

Question reference: S5O-03855

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that schemes to help improve the environment are given long-term certainty over their future.

Question reference: S5O-03800

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on Scotland's local authorities of the increase in the interest rate charged by the Public Works Loan Board.

Question reference: S5O-03758

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 November 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its no-deal Brexit planning.

Question reference: S5O-03683

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 30 October 2019

To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the negotiations between Stirling Council and the agents of the Park of Keir development.

Question reference: S5O-03593

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how the four-year delay to, and £2 billion cost increase of, the smart meter roll-out will impact on consumers in Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-03471

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 August 2019
Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 September 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the glass sector regarding its proposed deposit return scheme.

Scottish Government officials most recently met with representatives of the glass sector on 27 and 28 August to discuss our proposals for a Deposit Return Scheme. Those discussions followed a meeting I undertook with representatives of the sector on 26 June.

The Government will shortly publish the legislation required to implement DRS and we remain committed to engaging with the glass sector as part of the wider scrutiny of our plans in this area.

Question reference: S5W-24085

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 01 July 2019
Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 July 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, which is in the Clackmannanshire and Dunblane constituency, has delivered to support the Farmed Fish Health Framework.

Since its inception in 2014, the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre has made a major contribution to applied research and development into fish health and welfare. Today I issued a letter on behalf of the Farmed Fish Health Steering Group to the Convenors of the Rural Economy and Connectivity and Environment, Climate Change and Land Reform committees which outlines much of that detail. I do though wish to commend the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre, as they come towards the end of the first phase of five year funding, for making offers of £743,000 to support five new fish health projects directly aligned to the Farmed Fish Health Framework worth £2m. Those projects will contribute to delivering our 10 year plan, and I look forward to seeing the results of the applied research emerge over time.

Question reference: S5O-03365

Asked by: Keith Brown, MSP for Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 June 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how many people have used the Alloa-Stirling rail service since it opened in 2008.