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-05206
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it expects local authorities to develop new consultation processes on river catchment management and individual property protection alternatives to address flooding, in light of developing environmental considerations and policies.
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Question reference: S6W-05207
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 25 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to fulfil the commitment to fund the 40 SEPA prioritised Flood Risk Management schemes, in light of COSLA leaders’ agreement, as notified in the elected members briefing of 6 July 2021, to pause schemes that were not legally committed by local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-05216
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 25 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported confirmation by the UK Minister for Health and Social Care that any funding for cannabis-based products through NHS prescriptions is a matter for devolved institutions, what financial support it will make available to fund cannabis-based medication for children currently relying on private prescriptions for their treatment-resistant epilepsy, and what consideration has been given to creating an emergency fund for this purpose.
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Question reference: S6W-05215
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the approval rate is of wind farm applications in each local authority area, broken down by those (a) determined and (b) not determined by Scottish Ministers, in each of the last five years.
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Question reference: S6W-05615
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 24 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether UNESCO biospheres, and specifically the Galloway and Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biospheres, as initiatives of significance, will be highlighted within the new National Planning Framework 4.
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Question reference: S6W-05618
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ivan McKee on 19 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what financial support is available to (a) bed and breakfast and guest house operators that have been impacted by ongoing COVID-19 restrictions.
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Question reference: S6W-05202
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 17 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to review child protection and safeguarding measures in schools.
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Question reference: S6W-05203
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 20 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 17 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with the General Teaching Council for Scotland regarding child protection and safeguarding.
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Question reference: S6W-05616
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04648 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 December 2021, whether milk will be provided free of charge to pupils under the new scheme, or whether it will be subsidised by the Scottish Government.
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Question reference: S6W-05617
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 10 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 14 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-04648 by Shirly-Anne Somerville on 3 December 2021, which age groups of school pupils will be eligible to receive milk under the new scheme.