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-18232
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-17646 by Clare Haughey on 3 August 2018, what support is available to the families of those affected by long-term mental illness.
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Question reference: S5W-18250
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on the management of the port of Oban.
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Question reference: S5W-18261
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations (a) Highlands and Islands Airports Limited and (b) Prestwick Airport has made for the possibility of the UK exiting the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
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Question reference: S5W-18252
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what support it and its agencies give to communities considering how best to manage their harbours and ports.
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Question reference: S5W-18251
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the management of ports.
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Question reference: S5W-18257
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what preparations the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service has made for the possibility of the UK exiting the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
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Question reference: S5W-18260
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 5 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with (a) commercial, (b) publicly-owned and (c) trust ports regarding the possibility of the UK exiting the EU without a withdrawal agreement, and what preparations these bodies have made for this.
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Question reference: S5W-18210
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 14 August 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with the Co-op regarding the use of rail infrastructure to service its new £6 million distribution depot at Dalcross Industrial Estate by Inverness Airport.
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Question reference: S5W-17891
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government under what circumstances adverse effects from a development proposal on a Ramsar site might be deemed acceptable.
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Question reference: S5W-17893
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 July 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 4 September 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether an assessment of the impacts of development proposals on a Ramsar site has to include consideration of alternative solutions.