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-00147
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 21 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on what action has been taken in response to the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review (a) as a whole and (b) in relation to the recommendations on people harmed by sodium valproate.
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Question reference: S6W-00099
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what discussions it has had with Dumfries and Galloway Council in response to the reported parental and staff concerns regarding its policy on staff thresholds in small rural schools.
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Question reference: S6W-00098
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will review maximum class numbers for composite classes where there are more than three class age groups, particularly for small rural schools.
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Question reference: S6W-00084
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 2 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-35339 by Roseanna Cunningham on 25 February 2021, whether it will provide an update on the steps it is taking to improve the response times for enquiries to SEPA, given that responses to some routine enquiries are reported to be taking in excess of six months.
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Question reference: S6W-00100
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 2 June 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to replace the passenger footbridge at Kirkconnel Railway Station to improve platform access for disabled people.
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Question reference: S6F-00058
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 June 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 June 2021
To ask the First Minister what steps the Scottish Government is taking to ensure there are sufficient resources in place to prevent schools exceeding its maximum class size limits during the next academic year, in light of reports that a number of schools are currently exceeding these limits.
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Question reference: S6W-00029
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 14 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Graeme Dey on 27 May 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans there are to increase the frequency of passenger train services between Kilmarnock and Dumfries.
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Question reference: S6W-00001
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 13 May 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 27 May 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what further support it plans to make available to assist wholesalers that are continuing to face adverse trading conditions because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-36150
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 29 April 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking to ensure that people in the NHS Dumfries and Galloway area who are waiting for a hip replacement operation are given a date for their surgery, such as the cases that have been highlighted in the Dumfries & Galloway Standard.
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Question reference: S5W-36151
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 11 March 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 23 March 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria must be met for the cross-border transport restrictions that have been put in place in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to be lifted.
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