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: S6T-01018
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 05 December 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 6 December 2022
To ask Scottish Government what its response is to comments from the Auditor General that it underspent its budget by £2 billion in the financial year 2021-22.
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Question reference: S6O-01669
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 30 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 8 December 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment is made of the financial health of businesses and the viability of projects prior to the award of a grant of public funds.
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Question reference: S6W-12366
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 18 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 30 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what progress it has made on implementing the actions set out in the Scottish Wild Salmon Strategy published on 14 January 2022.
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Question reference: S6W-12011
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Lorna Slater on 22 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether any liability could accrue due to damage caused to third parties by a tree falling as a consequence of activity by beavers.
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Question reference: S6W-12073
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 21 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it provides to pig producers experiencing rising costs and price competition from imports.
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Question reference: S6W-12072
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 10 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi Gougeon on 18 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what support it is giving to inshore scallop fishers to help address the rising cost of fuel.
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Question reference: S6O-01591
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government when it expects the sections of the A9 trunk road from Perth to Inverness, on which made orders have been confirmed to create dual carriageways, to progress to procurement.
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Question reference: S6W-11807
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the cost would be of making the monoclonal antibody Evusheld available on prescription to NHS patients in Scotland who are immunocompromised and vulnerable to COVID-19.
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Question reference: S6W-11806
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 15 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to making the monoclonal antibody Evusheld available on prescription to NHS patients in Scotland.
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Question reference: S6O-01552
- Asked by: Murdo Fraser, MSP for Mid Scotland and Fife, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 09 November 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 16 November 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its proposed consultation on the separation of the functions of Scotland’s Law Officers.
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