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: S5O-03853
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has regarding levels of puppy trafficking through the port of Cairnryan and how much revenue has been recovered by HMRC from this.
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Question reference: S5O-03834
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the impact will be on Dumfries and Galloway Council of the delay to the Scottish Budget because of the General Election.
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Question reference: S5O-03774
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 13 November 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 20 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether an independent Scotland could allow people whose immigration status is being challenged through a tribunal or court to continue to work, study or volunteer.
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Question reference: S5W-25896
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 October 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 11 November 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of properties in each local authority have had access to broadband in each year since 2014.
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Question reference: S5W-25939
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will set out its intentions for future allocation of the Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) 2014-20.
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Question reference: S5O-03696
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 31 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what the implications would be for Scotland of a border being established in the Irish Sea.
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Question reference: S5W-25826
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 14 October 2019
- Current Status: Initiated by the Scottish Government. Answered by Fergus Ewing on 15 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what progress is being made on making 2018 Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 CAP payments this year.
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Question reference: S5O-03651
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 October 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 October 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it is supporting learners who have dyslexia.
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Question reference: S5W-25325
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 16 September 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 25 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how much businesses have saved in total from business rates relief since 2007, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S5F-03587
- Asked by: Emma Harper, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 23 September 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 26 September 2019
To ask the First Minister, in light of recent deaths and respiratory illness attributed to vaping that has been reported in the US by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, what the Scottish Government's position is on the sale and use of vaping products.