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: S6W-03092
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many members it anticipates will participate in its proposed ministerial working group on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development, and whether it will commit to publishing participant details.
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Question reference: S6W-03100
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government which islands and remote communities it plans to examine for potential new fixed links, as part of its Strategic Transport Review 2.
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Question reference: S6W-03101
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it will take to keep ferry travel affordable for Scotland’s island communities, as referred to in the Programme for Government.
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Question reference: S6W-03102
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has considered trialling the use of graphene in road surfacing projects, following the announcement from National Highways that it will be doing this in England.
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Question reference: S6W-03090
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the (a) aims and (b) objectives of its proposed ministerial working group on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development will be.
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Question reference: S6W-03091
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how often it anticipates its proposed ministerial working group on Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development will meet.
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Question reference: S6W-03072
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 30 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether Ferguson Marine (Port Glasgow) Ltd (a) expressed an interest and (b) provided a response for the procurement process for two new ferries for Islay.
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Question reference: S6O-00242
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 September 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 October 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support Police Scotland in its upkeep of the police estate.
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Question reference: S6W-03096
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to expand on its work with Scottish diaspora networks in the coming year.
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Question reference: S6W-03093
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 29 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when it anticipates its proposed National Towns of Culture scheme will be launched.
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