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-09807
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 15 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to support the South of Scotland Golden Eagle Project.
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Question reference: S6W-09815
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 10 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed with Planning Aid for Scotland (PAS) what support can be provided to communities objecting to wind farms, and what its position is on whether the support available is adequate to help communities during inquiries by the Planning and Environmental Appeals Division (DPEA).
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Question reference: S6W-09812
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 10 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many complaints brought under Section 70 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 have been successful in each year since 2011.
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Question reference: S6W-09808
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 9 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on exploring a potential extension of the Waverley railway line to Carlisle via Langholm.
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Question reference: S6W-09805
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it last discussed bus services with Dumfries and Galloway Council.
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Question reference: S6W-09804
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 5 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what urgent action it is taking to ensure the continuation of a bus service between Dumfries and Edinburgh.
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Question reference: S6W-09810
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 5 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Primary One Literacy Assessment and Action Resource (POLAAR) was validated by international experts in early literacy acquisition.
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Question reference: S6W-09813
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it collects data on the literacy programmes used by schools.
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Question reference: S6W-09809
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 26 July 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 August 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any local authority areas are using (a) CEM and (b) GL assessments to obtain standardised data on their pupils and, if so, which ones, broken down by assessment type.
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Question reference: S6W-09284
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 June 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 18 July 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to support the restoration of pre-COVID-19 bus timetables.
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