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-14267
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 21 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what first-hand inspection the Minister for Transport and the Islands has made of the length of the A75 in order to help assess the condition of the trunk road network.
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Question reference: S5W-14266
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 20 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will investigate reported concerns that young people in Dumfries and Galloway with type 1 diabetes are being denied insulin pumps due to a shortage of funding.
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Question reference: S5W-14277
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 19 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to changing the planning notification system to ensure that individual households affected by a planning application are notified about major developments.
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Question reference: S5W-14268
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 31 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 12 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has made of local authorities' performance in ensuring statutory road safety conditions are met regarding (a) quality of road surface and (b) potholes.
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Question reference: S5W-14119
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will investigate reported concerns that there have been a number of occasions when there was no out-of-hours GP cover in parts of Dumfries and Galloway.
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Question reference: S5W-14118
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is aware of concerns that GP out-of-hours shifts are reportedly going unfilled in NHS Dumfries and Galloway on a regular basis.
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Question reference: S5W-14046
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will instruct Transport Scotland to conduct an urgent investigation into road conditions and safety on the A76.
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Question reference: S5W-14034
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what first-hand inspection the Minister for Transport and the Islands has made of the length of the A76 in order to help assess the condition of the trunk road network.
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Question reference: S5W-14117
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 26 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Shona Robison on 7 February 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the reported shortage of specialists in NHS Dumfries and Galloway, how it will ensure the future of existing specialists in the region.
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Question reference: S5W-13933
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 17 January 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Maree Todd on 31 January 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to address the reported shortage of British Sign Language interpreters in rural areas such as Dumfries and Galloway.
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