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: S5W-34723
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 29 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to podiatrists who are experiencing disruption to their businesses due to COVID-19.
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Question reference: S5W-34829
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 28 January 2021
- Current Status: Answer expected on 11 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding it is allocating to drug awareness and prevention.
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Question reference: S5W-34468
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support it plans to provide to businesses that have not received funding from it in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-34680
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 19 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-32931 by Shirley-Anne Somerville on 3 November 2020, whether it will provide an update on progress with bringing the Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020 fully into force.
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Question reference: S5W-34534
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 12 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason automotive services were classified as "non-retail" and excluded from applying for business grants earlier in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and are now excluded from the strategic framework fund as they have been classified as "non-essential retail".
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Question reference: S5W-34633
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government when funds will be released to enable the Cunninghame Housing Association in Dumfries and Galloway and other groups building housing for responsible social landlords to pay their contractors for COVID-19-related delays.
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Question reference: S5W-34467
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how many businesses have closed due to delays in receiving funding from it in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-34471
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 22 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what role its agencies play in monitoring the quality of home learning provision in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Question reference: S5W-34474
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 20 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how its proposed short-term let regulations in response to the COVID-19 pandemic will impact on bed and breakfast businesses, and what consultation there has been with the sector.
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Question reference: S5W-34469
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 11 January 2021
- Current Status: Answered by John Swinney on 19 January 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with Dumfries and Galloway Council regarding the date for the roll-out of the Dumfries and Galloway Virtual School.
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