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.
Filter your results Hide all filters
Displaying 1854 questions Show Answers
Question reference: S6W-02517
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 15 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to re-establish the Crofting Bill Group in the current parliamentary session.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02737
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many (a) new and (b) reconstituted working groups and taskforces it will establish as a result of its cooperation agreement with the Scottish Green Party.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02375
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 14 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much grant funding it has provided to The Seafarers’ Charity, formerly known as Seafarers UK, in each year since 2007.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02768
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much it has allocated each year to the Doric Board.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02732
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the Gaelic Capital Fund has been allocated for 2021-22, broken down by local authority.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02733
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 07 September 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plan it has to maintain the Gaelic Capital Fund throughout the current parliamentary session.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02377
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what communication it has had with the UK Government regarding the Subsidy Control Bill in relation to any future application of Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) fares to ferry services in Scotland.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02378
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 20 August 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on progress with the introduction of Road Equivalent Tariff (RET) on Dunoon-Gourock services provided by (a) CalMac Ferries and (b) Western Ferries.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02556
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Monday, 30 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 13 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has prepared an Island Communities Impact Assessment in relation to its proposed short-term lets Licensing Order, and, if so, whether it will publish it.
Answer
Question reference: S6W-02499
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
-
Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 August 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 10 September 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what the average cost is for farmers to transfer from the Cattle Tracing System to ScotMoves+.
Answer
![](/assets/images/loader.gif)