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-17039
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether Transport Scotland is considering chartering any additional ferries to improve resilience on the Clyde and Hebrides network, in light of the nine-month charter of the MV Alfred, and if so, whether it can provide details of this.
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Question reference: S6W-17036
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it can provide a breakdown of the number of CalMac scheduled sailings that were defined as (a) on time, (b) Level 1 Lateness and (c) Level 2 Lateness for each month since March 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-17311
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken any assessment of how its proposed Highly Protected Marine Areas will be compatible with its National Strategy for Economic Transformation, and, if so, whether it will publish details of this work.
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Question reference: S6W-17309
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken any assessment of how its proposed Highly Protected Marine Areas will impact its aim to grow Scotland's blue economy, and, if so, whether it will publish details of this work.
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Question reference: S6W-17310
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 4 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has undertaken any assessment of how its proposed Highly Protected Marine Areas will be compatible with its National Islands Plan, and, if so, whether it will publish details of this work.
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Question reference: S6W-17514
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to mitigate the risk of wildfires, in light of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service reportedly stating that the risk of wildfire in parts of Scotland was “extreme”.
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Question reference: S6W-17167
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it permitted the Lord Advocate to travel to (a) Belgium, (b) the Netherlands and (c) Austria, in 2022, at a reported total cost of £1,430.
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Question reference: S6W-17164
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason it permitted the Solicitor General to travel to (a) Mauritius and (b) Italy, in 2022, at a reported total cost of £7,228.
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Question reference: S6W-17165
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comments made by the Cabinet Secretary for Constitution, External Affairs and Culture to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee on 20 March 2023 that “I and my office decline more invitations to attend international events than I accept”, whether it can confirm the number of any such invitations that have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) declined since May 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-17146
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 2 May 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of the support provided by each of Scotland's enterprise agencies to the snowsports sector in each of the last six years.
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