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-20408
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 04 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19712 by Jamie Hepburn on 31 July 2023, whether it can confirm on how many occasions it has taken legal advice when preparing its Building a New Scotland series of papers.
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Question reference: S6W-20218
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 29 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it received any Barnett consequential funding following the announcement of the UK Government in June 2023 that it would establish a £28 million fund to help protect faith communities from the threat of hate crime and terror attacks.
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Question reference: S6W-20217
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 29 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it ended the Hate Crime Security Fund after one year, and whether it has plans to re-establish the fund.
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Question reference: S6W-20216
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 25 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has assessed the efficacy of the Hate Crime Security Fund, and, if so, whether it can provide details.
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Question reference: S6W-20215
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 25 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many organisations applied for support from the Hate Crime Security Fund in 2021-22, and how many were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful.
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Question reference: S6W-20212
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Emma Roddick on 25 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what actions it is taking to protect people of religion and faith from persecution.
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Question reference: S6W-20239
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Transport Scotland will consider allocating additional investment to prevent landslides on the A86 following the reported landslide at Roybridge.
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Question reference: S6W-20405
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 03 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Richard Lochhead on 22 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has had any engagement with the UK Government regarding the potential impact on Scotland of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, and, if so, whether it can provide details of this.
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Question reference: S6W-20240
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 21 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has plans to increase funding for, or the number of, lifeline air routes from the mainland to Scottish islands, and whether instances of disruption to ferry service are taken into consideration when making any such decisions.
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Question reference: S6W-20221
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 25 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 16 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018 impacts on how grant funding is allocated by funding bodies, and, if it does, whether it can provide details of this.