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-15304
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of Food Standards Scotland’s annual budget has been spent on investigations in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-14901
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 16 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions its transport officials have had with Dumfries and Galloway Council regarding the possibility of using the A75 road bridge across the River Annan (River Annan Bridge) as a temporary footbridge.
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Question reference: S6W-14900
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 10 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 10 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of any delays to responding to subject access requests at the Scottish Ambulance Service.
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Question reference: S6W-15307
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how many case officers are currently employed by Food Standards Scotland, and what qualifications they require.
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Question reference: S6W-15308
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what recent briefings ministers have received regarding listeria in the food chain in Scotland, and whether any strains of listeria have been identified as being of particular concern.
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Question reference: S6W-15305
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much Food Standards Scotland has spent on investigations in Dumfries and Galloway in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-15306
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria Food Standards Scotland uses to decide whether to (a) launch and (b) continue an investigation into a food producer.
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Question reference: S6W-15453
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 01 March 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of reported concerns from the Church of Scotland in relation to the Register of Persons Holding a Controlled Interest in Land, and, if so, what steps it is taking to address these.
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Question reference: S6W-15303
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Elena Whitham on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what protections are in place for victims of domestic abuse when an exclusion order ends.
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Question reference: S6W-15228
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 21 February 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 7 March 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding SEPA receives annually, and what its position is on whether SEPA has the necessary resources to fully exercise all of its statutory functions in a timely manner.