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-16948
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when officials from Transport Scotland last met ferry operators at Cairnryan.
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Question reference: S6W-16952
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what the timetable is for making improvements to rail services operating to and from Stranraer.
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Question reference: S6W-16949
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the implementation timetable for the recommendations in the second Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR2) will be published.
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Question reference: S6W-16957
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government (a) whether and (b) when it will consider installing fixed speed cameras on the A75.
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Question reference: S6W-16956
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how much funding each of the three Safety Camera Units have been allocated in each of the last three years.
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Question reference: S6W-16955
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 11 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 28 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will next review the Scottish Safety Camera Programme Handbook in order to consider the health and wellbeing of roadside communities.
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Question reference: S6W-16739
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 06 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 27 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it is taking to halt the reported decline in pig farming.
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Question reference: S6W-16743
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it is considering excluding the planting of non-native species from the Forestry Grant Scheme, in order to boost Scotland's native biomes.
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Question reference: S6W-16738
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the UK Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023, how much correspondence it has received on the issue of gene editing in Scotland since the start of 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-16742
- Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 April 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 25 April 2023
To ask the Scottish Government how it plans to prevent super trawlers, such as the FV Margris, from (a) causing damage to fish stocks and (b) harming biodiversity in Scottish waters.