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: S5W-04382
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what total maritime freight volumes were handled at Rosyth Port in each year since 2009-10.
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Question reference: S5W-04451
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of the vessel charter payments to Serco NorthLink Ferries since July 2012 was for the cost of chartering MS (a) Helliar and (b) Hildasay from Seatruck.
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Question reference: S5W-04453
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many charter agreements it has entered into for additional (a) freight and (b) passenger vessels on Northern Isles ferry routes since 1 July 1999.
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Question reference: S5W-04384
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) port staff and (b) seafarers were employed by companies operating from Rosyth Port in each year since 2009-10.
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Question reference: S5W-04383
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DFDS and Forth Ports for maritime freight services between Rosyth and Zeebrugge remains binding on all parties, and whether it will publish the MoU.
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Question reference: S5W-04380
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what payments it has made to operators of maritime freight services on the Rosyth-Zeebrugge route since December 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-04381
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will list all of the (a) waterborne freight and (b) freight facilities grants that have been given to Forth Ports for the development of freight services at Rosyth Port in each year since 2009-10.
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Question reference: S5W-04379
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding the number of qualified seafarers and maritime officers that there have been in each financial year since 2011-12.
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Question reference: S5W-04335
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether Scotland would continue to participate in EU-wide health initiatives post-Brexit.
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Question reference: S5W-04462
- Asked by: Lewis Macdonald, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 November 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 14 November 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd on the provision of publicly owned vessels to meet (a) passenger and (b) freight capacity requirements for Northern Isles ferry services.
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