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-35166
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government how it will allocate the £40 million announced for the Agricultural Transformation Programme in 2021-22.
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Question reference: S5W-35164
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Thursday, 11 February 2021
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 24 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to utilise the remaining spend of the Agricultural Transformation Programme, committed to in the 2020-21 draft Budget.
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Question reference: S5F-04809
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 08 February 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 10 February 2021
To ask the First Minister when projects to dual the A9 and A96 roads are expected to be completed.
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Question reference: S5O-04970
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 27 January 2021
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 February 2021
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a detailed timeline for the publication of the successor plan to the 2014 Heart Disease Improvement Plan.
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Question reference: S5O-04883
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 December 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 23 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional support the NHS will require over the first quarter of 2021.
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Question reference: S5O-04824
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 November 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 December 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what additional funding it has made available to its enterprise agencies, which have been supporting economic recovery during the pandemic.
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Question reference: S5O-04693
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 21 October 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 28 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out of the impact of COVID-19 on businesses across the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S5O-04674
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 October 2020
To ask the Scottish Government how Police Scotland ensures that people held in custody have access to all appropriate support services that they require.
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Question reference: S5O-04572
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 9 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on tourism businesses in the Highlands and Islands.
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Question reference: S5O-04551
- Asked by: Jamie Halcro Johnston, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 26 August 2020
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 3 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis the finance secretary has made of the financial sustainability of Scotland's universities and colleges.
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