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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

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Question reference: S5W-15642

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what consultation it undertook with hydraulic dredge fishing operators prior to the passage of the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017.

Question reference: S5W-15641

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government on what basis it used EU law to end hydraulic dredging for razor clams through the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017.

Question reference: S5W-15645

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many hydraulic dredge vessels have fished for razor clams in Scottish inshore waters in the twelve-month period prior to the Razor Clams (Prohibition on Fishing and Landing) (Scotland) Order 2017 coming into force.

Question reference: S5W-15644

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether a comparison, through an economic and environmental assessment, of hydraulic dredging and electrofishing methods will be conducted during the razor clam electrofishing trial.

Question reference: S5W-15643

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Monday, 26 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 26 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government whether it conducted an economic and environmental assessment of hydraulic dredging for razor clams prior to setting the terms of the razor clam electrofishing trial.

Question reference: S5W-15728

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on the criteria that were used for installing an average speed camera on the A713 at Polnessan.

Question reference: S5W-15727

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 24 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what land it owns that is adjacent to the A75, and where this is located.

Question reference: S5W-15831

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 05 April 2018
Current Status: Answered by Annabelle Ewing on 17 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many deaths have arisen as a result of (a) no and (b) faulty smoke detectors or alarms being present in a property, and how many have arisen where fully-functioning smoke alarms or detectors were present in the last five years.

Question reference: S5O-01977

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 18 April 2018

To ask the Scottish Government how many community right to buy applications have been received in the last 24 months, and what proportion has been approved.

Question reference: S5W-15094

Asked by: Finlay Carson, MSP for Galloway and West Dumfries, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 06 March 2018
Current Status: Answered by Derek Mackay on 15 March 2018

To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on implementing a consent-based sharing model to enable citizens to control, manage and share their own data.

The Scottish Government is working to ensure that the processing and sharing of personal data and special category personal data, within public service delivery, is fully compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This includes consideration of the legal bases for processing that data and the role of consent within that. The GDPR sets out individuals’ rights in relation to the processing of information about them, with the effect of providing greater control to data subjects in relation to how their personal data is stored, used and shared.