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-20663
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 10 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to S5W-20290 by Fergus Ewing on 14 December 2018, in light of the question seeking the views of ministers regarding the matter rather than that of the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE), whether it will provide the information that was requested.
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Question reference: S5W-20768
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 10 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20532 by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2018, whether the hourly service between Inverness and Elgin will include a service departing from Inverness at or around 8 am.
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Question reference: S5W-20645
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 17 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason ongoing emissions are not included in the carbon assessment of its Budget proposals on road building, as noted by the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (SPICe) in the briefing paper, Scottish Budget 2019-20.
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Question reference: S5W-20545
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 8 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20238 by Fergus Ewing on 7 December 2018, whether it will provide the information that was requested regarding whether it or its agencies compiled an economic impact assessment regarding the funding associated with the production of feed for the (a) aquaculture industry and (b) Marine Harvest Feed Plant at Kyleakin and, if so, whether it will publish this.
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Question reference: S5W-20234
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is regarding the ship-to-ship transfer of oil on the open seas in Scotland’s maritime area.
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Question reference: S5W-20594
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20420 by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2018, in light of its explanation of the location of Marine Scotland’s Marine Protection Vessels, what its position is on whether the fleet has sufficient capacity.
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Question reference: S5W-20593
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-20420 by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2018, whether surveillance aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles or drones were deployed to the incident in the Firth of Lorn on 18-19 November 2018.
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Question reference: S5W-20592
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government on how many occasions in each of the last five years Marine Scotland has utilised (a) surveillance aircraft, (b) unmanned aerial vehicles or drones and (c) a rigid-hulled inflatable boat for marine compliance purposes, broken down by (i) date and (ii) location.
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Question reference: S5W-20533
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of its responsibility for prioritising rail infrastructure projects, whether it has plans to reinstate double track on the rail line between Inverness and Dalcross.
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Question reference: S5W-20534
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 20 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment has been made of the length of time trains wait at passing loops on the Inverness to Aberdeen rail line, and how this can be reduced.
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