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-20033
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 4 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many sailings of the MV Loch Seaforth have been cancelled since January 2018 due to mechanical defect, broken down by type of defect.
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Question reference: S5T-01369
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 December 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 4 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what action it is taking in response to CairnGorm Mountain Limited entering administration.
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Question reference: S5W-20029
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government whether (a) it, (b) Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd (CMAL) and (c) any of its agencies were advised of a design fault with the cooling system and engine capacity of the MV Loch Seaforth when the vessel was being built and, if so, when.
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Question reference: S5W-20034
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 19 November 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 3 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many engines the MV Loch Seaforth has, also broken down by how many have a separate cooling system.
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Question reference: S5O-02651
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 28 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 5 December 2018
To ask the Scottish Government how many additional apprenticeships have been funded by the Apprenticeship Levy.
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Question reference: S5O-02552
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 07 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 14 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, in light of the forthcoming ban on the burning of plastics on farms, what contingency plans it has should the market approach to recycling farm plastic not work.
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Question reference: S5F-02752
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 November 2018
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 November 2018
To ask the First Minister what the Scottish Government is doing to support mountain rescue teams.
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Question reference: S5W-19572
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 2 November 2018
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the comment by the Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy on 13 September 2018 (Official Report, c. 45) that there is a “commitment to providing legislation to underpin Scotland’s status as a good food nation”, whether this legislation is included in the Programme for Government and, if not, (a) when it will be introduced and (b) whether it will provide details of what it will consist of.
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Question reference: S5W-19425
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 16 October 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 30 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what criteria it will use when allocating fishing opportunities (a) in 2019 and (b) following the Brexit transition period.
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Question reference: S5W-19087
- Asked by: Rhoda Grant, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 September 2018
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 15 October 2018
To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has carried out on the relationship between the Planning (Scotland) Bill, and the Islands (Scotland) Act 2018.
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