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-20532
- 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 discussions it has had with ScotRail regarding any plans to increase the frequency of rail services between Inverness and Elgin.
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Question reference: S5O-02733
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 January 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its draft Budget proposes a reduction in financial support for bus services.
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Question reference: S5W-20224
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19717 by Mairi Gougeon on 27 November 2018, whether there are any Priority Marine Features that have yet to be assessed through the Scottish Government monitoring strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-20395
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by James Wolffe QC on 18 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether the system of procurator fiscal warnings is ECHR-compliant.
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Question reference: S5W-20223
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19717 by Mairi Gougeon on 27 November 2018, how often the condition of each Priority Marine Feature is assessed through the Scottish Government monitoring strategy.
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Question reference: S5W-20289
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will publish a list of all meetings that Ministers have attended since 2013 regarding the operation of the Cairngorm Funicular Railway.
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Question reference: S5W-20290
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 29 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 14 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the statement by the Chief Executive of Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) that “The directors’ decision to put CairnGorm Mountain Ltd (CML) into administration is an outcome that HIE had anticipated,” is indicative of a robust due diligence process, in light of HIE owning the Cairngorm Estate and being in charge of operations from 2009 until 2014, when CML was appointed as operator for the resort following international procurement.
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Question reference: S5W-20226
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-19717 by Mairi Gougeon on 27 November 2018, whether there are any recorded instances of public authorities failing in their obligations to comply with the policies in the National Marine Plan, broken down by (a) authority, (b) date and (c) incident.
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Question reference: S5W-20420
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how and (b) when Marine Scotland became aware of recent illegal scallop dredging in the protected Firth of Lorn, and for what reason its Marine Protection Vessels did not take action to halt the dredging.
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Question reference: S5W-20330
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 13 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what projects have been funded by the "additional £5.35 million of capital funding for Scottish Canals", which was referred to in the Transport Scotland news release dated 23 November 2018.
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