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-06746
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 24 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 10 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for how long after it is commissioned does a Scottish Transport Appraisal Guidance (STAG) report remain valid and relevant.
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Question reference: S6W-06916
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 9 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what action is being taken to address the reported concerns of communities in managing urban gull populations.
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Question reference: S6W-06915
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 25 February 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 8 March 2022
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason catteries and kennels were excluded from recent COVID-19 financial support.
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Question reference: S6O-00776
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 16 February 2022
- Current Status: Taken in the Chamber on 24 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what the reasons are for its decision not to publish the draft of the OECD report, Curriculum For Excellence: Into The Future, that it received in January 2021.
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Question reference: S6W-05972
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to reported concerns regarding the recruitment of new volunteers at Children's Hearings Scotland and reported failures to update internal processes.
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Question reference: S6W-05971
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Regan on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what protections are in place to prevent legal aid being used to bring forward spurious cases in (a) general and (b) relation to family law.
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Question reference: S6W-05973
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 9 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government whether the Minister for Children and Young People will meet with people who have raised concerns about human rights compliance in relation to the treatment of volunteers at Children's Hearings Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-05974
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Tom Arthur on 8 February 2022
To ask the Scottish Government how many title holders are awaiting copies of their title deeds from Registers of Scotland.
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Question reference: S6W-05208
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 23 December 2021
- Current Status: Answered by Mairi McAllan on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to COSLA leaders’ agreement, as notified in the elected members briefing of 6 July 2021, to pause Flood Risk Management schemes that were not legally committed by local authorities, what its position is on how the term “not legally committed” should be (a) interpreted and (b) applied by local authorities.
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Question reference: S6W-05445
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 05 January 2022
- Current Status: Answered by Jenny Gilruth on 31 January 2022
To ask the Scottish Government what recent estimate it has made of the cost of outstanding local authority road repairs bills, broken down by local authority area.