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-19733
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 12 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what meetings it has had with the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland since May 2021, and what the agreed outcomes were of any such meetings.
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Question reference: S6W-19697
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 12 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review future fares for ferries, and whether it will publish any feedback that it receives on this.
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Question reference: S6W-19717
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 7 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the advertising spend that Historic Environment Scotland allocates to promote each of its sites.
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Question reference: S6W-19718
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 7 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has held any discussions with Historic Environment Scotland regarding any permanent closures of sites that it manages, and, if so, which sites were earmarked for closure.
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Question reference: S6W-19768
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 7 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on whether Historic Environment Scotland awarded any performance payments to staff at executive level since 2015, broken down by year.
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Question reference: S6W-19716
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 7 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can confirm the total amount that Historic Environment Scotland has spent on advertising its sites, in each year since it was founded in 2015.
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Question reference: S6W-19751
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 04 July 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Christina McKelvie on 6 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the commitment in its paper, A Culture Strategy for Scotland, whether it will provide an update on how it is working with (a) Creative Scotland and (b) its international offices, to encourage international cultural exchange and collaboration in order to facilitate opportunities across the culture sector.
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Question reference: S6W-19307
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to assist NHS Western Isles to recruit a permanent (a) GP and (b) dentist for the Isle of Barra.
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Question reference: S6W-19306
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 4 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action it is taking to assist NHS Western Isles to recruit permanent GPs for a number of vacancies across all the islands.
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Question reference: S6W-19248
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 3 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what additional electricity grid capacity will be needed to meet its target of banning the sale of (a) pure-combustion vehicles from 2030 and (b) plug-in and full hybrid vehicles from 2035.
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