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-02942
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the requirement for 16 miles of double track in Transport Scotland’s 2009 prequalification document for the Borders Railway resulted in only nine miles of double track on the railway delivered in 2015.
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Question reference: S5W-02647
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government which vessels in the CalMac fleet will be due for replacement during the period of the next contract for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services.
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Question reference: S5W-02648
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Caledonian MacBrayne regarding the appointment of a director of the community and stakeholder engagement board after 1 October 2016, and how many CalMac staff will be represented on the board.
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Question reference: S5W-02650
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what the age is of each operational vessel in the CalMac fleet.
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Question reference: S5W-02284
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Scottish Ministers will call in any future planning application for a golf course at Coul Links in Sutherland for their determination, and what its position is on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-02282
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government whether it considers that the Scottish Ministers’ decision to call-in for determination consideration of, and their subsequent decision to grant, planning consent for the Trump International Golf Links Scotland development in Aberdeenshire, sets a precedent for the consideration of any future planning application at Coul Links in Sutherland, and what the reasons are for its position on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-02283
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 01 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had, or plans to have, with the developers of the proposed golf course at Coul Links in Sutherland, and what its position is on this matter.
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Question reference: S5W-02649
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 September 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 20 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what processes with (a) Transport Scotland and (b) Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd will CalMac will be required to go through during the period of the next contract for Clyde and Hebrides Ferry Services if it wants to change the method that it uses to add to and dispose of vessels.
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Question reference: S5O-00167
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 14 September 2016
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 21 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the Maeshowe cairn at the Orkney UNESCO World Heritage Site has been closed without consultation.
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Question reference: S5W-01775
- Asked by: John Finnie, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Green Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 02 August 2016
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 9 September 2016
To ask the Scottish Government what assurances it will seek to ensure that any change to current fishing quotas, as a result of the recent EU referendum vote, is backed up with scientific evidence.