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-08784
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government when the Minister for Transport and the Islands will reply to the letter dated 8 February 2017 from John Finnie MSP regarding the ferry services for Orkney and Shetland.
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Question reference: S5W-08871
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Roseanna Cunningham on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to its consultation on changes to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), what assessment it has made of Scotland's ability to meet the Aichi targets if the proposal to introduce an increased threshold for EIAs for forestry is introduced.
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Question reference: S5W-08849
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding which organisations that operate in Scotland have employees who are exempt from taxation.
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Question reference: S5W-08848
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government which organisations that operate in Scotland have employees who receive immunity from (a) criminal and (b) civil law.
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Question reference: S5W-08850
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 2 May 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding how many people in Scotland are exempt from tax, also broken down by type of tax, and how many are ordinarily resident in (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of UK.
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Question reference: S5O-00900
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 April 2017
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what value it places on locations in Scotland holding UNESCO World Heritage Site status.
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Question reference: S5W-08500
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 18 April 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what the benefit-cost ratios for the A9 dualling project were (a) prior to the introduction and (b) after one year’s operation of average speed cameras.
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Question reference: S5W-08169
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what sanctions exist for conduct by appointed religious representatives on local authority education committees, which, if conducted by an elected member, would be reportable to the Scottish Parliamentary Standards Commissioner.
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Question reference: S5W-08214
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 28 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-07487 by Jamie Hepburn on 16 March 2017, whether it will ask Skills Development Scotland to insist that the modern apprenticeship vacancies advertised on the website must be at least Two Tick or Disability Confident.
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Question reference: S5W-07919
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 March 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 27 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to support people in the North Scotland electricity distribution network area regarding Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks' proposed increase in additional distribution costs in 2017-18 by 23%, with a further 10% increase planned each year until 2023, due to the upgrade of submarine transmission lines, and what discussions it has had or plans with the (a) supplier and (b) UK Government about this.