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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-03059

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 March 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government how much communities will receive from the Regeneration Capital Grant Fund in 2019-20.

Question reference: S5W-22210

Current Status: Withdrawn

Question reference: S5W-21856

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 13 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what impact concerns over a no deal Brexit are having on Scotland’s rural economy.

A ‘no deal’ outcome threatens to be catastrophic for jobs, investment and living standards across Scotland and the rest of the UK. It would have severe and disproportionate impacts on Scotland and particularly to the rural economy where key economic growth sectors such as our flagship food and drink industry are threatened with significant adverse impacts as a consequence of disruption to labour supply and access to markets.

Question reference: S5W-21412

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 February 2019
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 1 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assistance it will make available to fish processors and exporters of live marine animals in the event of a hard deal Brexit.

It is likely that the impact of a no deal Brexit will have catastrophic consequences for the seafood processing sector in Scotland and for adaption of live marine animals. Our seafood sector will be severely impacted by disruption at the port of Dover which will jeopardise the just in time nature of the seafood supply chain. The seafood sector will also be required to comply with a range of additional administrative burdens, in particular, the requirement for export health certificates for all seafood consignments being exported to the EU. We anticipate at least a four-fold increase in the requirement for export health certificates, with a potential additional cost to the industry of over £15 million per year.

The Scottish Government continues to press DEFRA on our proposals for controlling import and exports to the UK. We have flagged the additional costs associated with additional certification requirements and have asked for the UK Government to support these costs and also sought their agreement to swiftly seek a temporary derogation from export health certification requirements, a measure strongly supported by the seafood sector in Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-02945

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 March 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the potential impact on the economy of a no deal Brexit.

Question reference: S5O-02885

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what it is doing to ensure that its commitment to develop rural clinics aligns with the needs of NHS boards and clinicians.

Question reference: S5O-02858

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 January 2019
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 February 2019

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the Higher Education Statistics Agency recording a record number of students from deprived areas enrolling at university in Scotland.

Question reference: S5O-02669

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 12 December 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what progress it is making in meeting the target in its cancer strategy to increase NHS scope capacity by an additional 2,000 per annum on a sustainable basis.

Question reference: S5W-19768

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to NFU Scotland's claim that post-Brexit free trade agreements with Australia, New Zealand and the United States present few opportunities and could have the potential to undermine productions standards in Scotland.

In discussions with the UK Government, Scottish Ministers have been clear that any future trade deals should not result in UK producers being undercut by imported products which have not been produced to the same standards required of our own domestic farmers, crofters and food producers. To that end, I wrote on 5 th November to the UK Government Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to propose an amendment to the UK Agriculture Bill which would prohibit imports of agricultural and food products where the relevant standards are lower than those in the UK.

The Scottish Government has been consistent in our position that, short of remaining in the EU, Scotland and the UK should stay in the Single Market and Customs Union. As the NFU Scotland President, Andrew McCornick, has made clear, any future trade agreements which negatively impact on our ability to trade with the European Union would be unacceptable.

Question reference: S5O-02523

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banffshire and Buchan Coast, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 7 November 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of the proposals in the UK Budget on the lowest fifth of households in Scotland, in light of the comment by the Resolution Foundation that it will “overwhelmingly benefit richer households”.