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
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Question reference: S5W-07005
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it made any formal, stress-tested assessment regarding which designs would be appropriate for Scottish weather conditions when purchasing vessels for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd, and for what reasons decisions were made to purchase vessels that would not be able to sail in unfavourable conditions instead of vessels that would.
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Question reference: S5W-07004
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what assessment it has made of “incentives to innovate”, and what incentive there is to increase passenger numbers for a publicly-owned transport provider, given that there is no commercial imperative.
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Question reference: S5W-07001
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a health and safety assessment of how it manages ferry ports, including those held by its subsidiaries.
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Question reference: S5W-07254
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will still continue to hold competitive tendering processes for routes if the review into ferry tendering recommends that the Teckal exemption, or any other process that allows ministers to award contracts to publicly-owned operators without a competitive tendering process, should apply, and, if so, what action it will take to ensure that the process will be transparent, based on objective criteria and not weighted in favour of publicly-owned companies.
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Question reference: S5W-07253
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it has given assurances to any publicly-owned ferry operator that, if the review into ferry tendering recommends that the Teckal exemption, or any other process that allows ministers to award contracts to publicly-owned operators without a competitive tendering process, should apply, publicly-owned companies would automatically win these contracts.
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Question reference: S5W-07101
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 March 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an update on its planned programme to replace all unprotected lay-bys on dual carriageway sections of the trunk road network with the latest protected designs, and when this programme will be completed.
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Question reference: S5W-07099
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it ensures that any lay-bys that are situated on the approach to a junction have signs for the junction that appear before the sign for the lay-by.
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Question reference: S5W-07100
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 09 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 28 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government what policies are in place to ensure that lay-bys on dual carriageways are not situated on right-hand bends or on the approach to a junction.
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Question reference: S5W-07006
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 13 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide an outline of the procurement process that it uses when purchasing vessels for Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd.
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Question reference: S5W-07252
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 16 February 2017
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 23 February 2017
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason the managing director of CalMac has rescinded his decision to resign, and whether it played a role in him persuading him to reach this conclusion.
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