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-15182
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-13796 by Kevin Stewart on 19 January 2023, how many new Changing Places toilets it estimates it will create during the course of this parliamentary session.
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Question reference: S6W-14891
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many patients visited a dentist in the NHS (a) Highland and (b) Western Isles area in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-15185
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to encourage businesses to invest in the (a) installation of Changing Places toilets and (b) upgrading of existing facilities to meet Changing Places toilet standards.
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Question reference: S6W-15184
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 17 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much demand it estimates there is for new Changing Places toilets, as referenced in its Changing Places Toilets: Planning guide.
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Question reference: S6W-14889
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Angus Robertson on 28 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it (a) will publish the results of its survey into an International Culture Strategy, launched on 2 February 2023, and (b) plans to launch the finalised International Culture Strategy.
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Question reference: S6W-14790
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on the number of (a) incidents and (b) emergency service callouts there were for mountaineering accidents in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-14779
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 08 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 22 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-14449 by Neil Gray on 2 February 2023, whether it will publish another Two Year Annual Report on Activities of the National Performing Companies in the future.
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Question reference: S6O-01924
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 15 February 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on the Deposit Return Scheme.
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Question reference: S6W-13325
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 December 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 15 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-12504 by Jenny Gilruth on 9 December 2022, in relation to the adjustable car ramp (mezzanine deck) on the MV Hebrides, on what percentage of sailings (a) was the ramp operational during spring and summer 2022 and (b) will the ramp be operational during spring and summer 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-14467
- Asked by: Donald Cameron, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 27 January 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 13 February 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on any plans it has to offer a relief package to small and medium-sized enterprises that are facing rising costs to run their businesses.
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