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-08617
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 31 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08000 by Kate Forbes on 25 April 2022, what constitutes "knowledge of agricultural matters".
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Question reference: S6W-08618
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 19 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 31 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-08362 by Kate Forbes on 10 May 2022, what the policy reason was for grouping all land-based industries together.
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Question reference: S6W-08363
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 18 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jamie Hepburn on 26 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the average salary for a college principal in Scotland has been in each of the last five years, and what steps are taken to ensure that pay to senior management provides value for money.
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Question reference: S6W-08494
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 24 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to a national screening programme in schools to identify dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties.
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Question reference: S6W-08493
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action it can take to address any situations where dental practices have reportedly used NHS contracts to build up their business and are now only offering private dental services to patients.
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Question reference: S6W-08495
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 24 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of any impact on traffic and visitor numbers along the A7 of the reported decision by VisitScotland not to advertise Longtown as the start of the route.
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Question reference: S6W-08492
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 24 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to ensure continued access to NHS dentistry in rural areas.
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Question reference: S6W-08348
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Keith Brown on 20 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many people selected for jury duty in Dumfries and Galloway have been excused on the grounds that they cannot reasonably travel for jury duty in Ayr, since March 2020.
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Question reference: S6W-08351
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 17 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to introducing new ScotRail services to Lockerbie Station following its move into public ownership.
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Question reference: S6W-08367
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 04 May 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 16 May 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what role educational research plays in relation to informing approaches to literacy in schools.
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