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-24199
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates its proposed £720,000 reduction in the allocated funding for the Hydro Nation, as set out in the 2024-25 Scottish Budget, will have on its Hydro Nation agenda.
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Question reference: S6W-24194
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Paul McLennan on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what impact it anticipates its proposed £205.1 million reduction to its Housing & Building Standards budget, as set out in the 2024-25 Scottish Budget, will have on the future of its (a) Rural and (b) Islands Housing Fund.
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Question reference: S6W-24196
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether Forestry and Land Scotland will review its proposed forestry car parking charges in light of the proposed uplift in the agency's budget, as set out in the 2024-25 Scottish Budget.
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Question reference: S6W-24172
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many Creative Scotland jobs have been (a) advertised and (b) filled in (i) Edinburgh, (ii) Glasgow and (iii) outside of Edinburgh and Glasgow in 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-24168
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have created a VisitScotland listing in each year since the creation of the VisitScotland website.
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Question reference: S6W-24174
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints have been made to Creative Scotland in 2023, and how many of those complaints were (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully resolved.
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Question reference: S6W-24271
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to accelerate funding for organisations in the culture sector that are facing a reported unprecedented financial crisis that could threaten their existence, in light of the spending plans in the Scottish Budget 2024-25.
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Question reference: S6W-24270
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has conducted any analysis to ascertain the estimated total value of Scotland’s Intangible Cultural Heritage, and, if so, whether it can provide details of this.
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Question reference: S6W-24266
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government how it will ensure that all parties with an interest in seaweed aquaculture are represented on any project board that is established to take forward the development of a regulatory framework, as recommended in A Review of the Aquaculture Regulatory Process in Scotland, which was published in February 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-24272
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 22 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 16 January 2024
To ask the Scottish Government what level of demand for culture funding it anticipates from organisations over the next five years, and whether that will impact on its plans for future funding.
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