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-23470
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 30 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenni Minto on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to increase the number of dental student places available at Scottish universities in 2024, and, if so, whether it will provide details of this.
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Question reference: S6W-23548
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 11 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that residents in rural communities can access banking services, following reports of a reduction in mobile banking services.
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Question reference: S6W-23057
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 29 November 2023
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the EU policy priorities and forward look in Annex D of the letter of 31 October 2023 from the Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, External Affairs and Culture to the Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, which states that the Scottish Government is "looking carefully" at the implications of the European Commission’s legislative proposals on gene editing, when it plans to announce its decision on gene editing in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-23547
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 04 December 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 8 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what feasibility studies it has conducted into using Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) to transport cargo and passengers in the Highlands and Islands region.
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Question reference: S6W-23258
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government in what ways it considers its agencies can better inform the Met Office of possible landslips in the event of adverse weather conditions.
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Question reference: S6W-23272
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to change the current funding mix to Creative Scotland to enable it to introduce a capital programme to support the refurbishment of cultural assets.
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Question reference: S6W-23000
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the National Records of Scotland has not published a Migration Statistics Quarterly Summary for Scotland since February 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-22999
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the National Records of Scotland will provide an update on Scotland’s net migration for the year up to June 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-23109
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 6 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much of the £100 million of funding announced by the First Minister at the Scottish National Party conference in October 2023 will be allocated to Creative Scotland in each year until 2028.
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Question reference: S6W-23271
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 5 December 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported warnings from the National Trust for Scotland that the provision of stonemasonry apprenticeships is currently in crisis and requires action immediately.
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