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-23901
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what analysis it has carried out of transition periods for agricultural support after the UK leaves the EU.
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Question reference: S5W-23900
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what progress it has made on developing a future farming strategy for Scotland since it last updated the Parliament.
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Question reference: S5W-23906
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what analysis it has carried out of potential changes to Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) rules from 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-23903
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what changes it plans to make to streamline the process of (a) applying for, (b) receiving and (c) accounting for support payments during a transition period.
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Question reference: S5W-23904
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what plans it will put in place to encourage and support new entrants as part of a new support system for farming.
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Question reference: S5W-23907
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what plans it has to tailor farm inspections to local circumstances.
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Question reference: S5W-23905
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what discussions it has had with stakeholders regarding potential changes to Less Favoured Area Support Scheme (LFASS) rules from 2021.
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Question reference: S5W-23902
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 June 2019
Submitting member has a registered interest.
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 27 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government, regarding its consultation, Stability and Simplicity, what plans it has to simplify the delivery arrangements for pillar 1 payments.
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Question reference: S5W-23743
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 12 June 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 26 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many high-performance pursuit vehicles are (a) owned and (b) leased by Police Scotland; how many officers are qualified to drive these, and how many times in each year since 2016 they have been driven by non-qualified officers.
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Question reference: S5O-03388
- Asked by: Edward Mountain, MSP for Highlands and Islands, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 June 2019
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 13 June 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what date it was first made aware of bullying in NHS Highland, and what action it took.
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