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-22677
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 03 November 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the MV Alfred has been chartered to serve the port of Stornoway, in light of reports that the ferry is incompatible with that port.
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Question reference: S6F-02532
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 November 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2023
To ask the First Minister whether he will provide an update on when the Scottish Government will review its ban on alcohol consumption on ScotRail train services.
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Question reference: S6O-02652
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 25 October 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 1 November 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will outline details of its £80 million of financial support for the Scottish Cluster carbon capture project, which it announced in January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-21396
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 18 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 2 October 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when it will review its ban on alcohol consumption on ScotRail services.
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Question reference: S6O-02565
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 20 September 2023
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 27 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether the finance secretary plans to allocate to local authorities any funding from the block grant that has arisen as a result of Barnett consequential funding from the UK Government’s Swimming Pool Support Fund.
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Question reference: S6O-02519
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 September 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 14 September 2023
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on when it will deliver its conclusions on the review into the dualling of the A96, which were due to be delivered in the first half of 2023.
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Question reference: S6W-20679
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 August 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 31 August 2023
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S6W-19481 by Neil Gray on 18 July 2023, which confirms that an advisory group has not yet been established, what its position is on whether the Scottish Ministers are in breach of section 29 of the Scottish National Investment Bank Act 2020, in light of the Act being passed in January 2020, the Scottish National Investment Bank having been operational in lending public money, and the Act stating that the "Scottish Ministers must establish and maintain an advisory group to provide them with advice on the Bank’s objects, conduct and performance."
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Question reference: S6W-19485
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 26 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school children have received a computer device since March 2021, broken down by local authority area.
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Question reference: S6W-19482
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government when the Scottish National Investment Bank’s advisory group (a) was established and (b) last met.
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Question reference: S6W-19477
- Asked by: Douglas Lumsden, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 27 June 2023
- Current Status: Answered by Neil Gray on 18 July 2023
To ask the Scottish Government what information it holds on what risk assessments were undertaken by the Scottish National Investment Bank prior to investing in Circularity Scotland.