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-31536
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on whether traders and crafters have been excluded from the criteria that would allow them to access COVID-19 events sector funding.
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Question reference: S5W-31535
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 September 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 10 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps it has taken to ensure that COVID-19 events sector funding has been rural-proofed.
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Question reference: S5W-31325
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Paul Wheelhouse on 8 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when the roll-out of fibre broadband in Mouswald will be completed.
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Question reference: S5W-31329
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what steps are being taken to promote the Borders Historic Route on the A7.
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Question reference: S5W-31326
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Fiona Hyslop on 1 September 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31154 by Fiona Hyslop on 19 August 2020, whether the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Fair Work and Culture will meet with the member and representatives of these events.
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Question reference: S5W-31327
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Thursday, 20 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kate Forbes on 31 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government whether there is any flexibility for community organisations that have missed a revised application deadline for COVID-19 support grants in situations where they relied on a previously stated closing date.
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Question reference: S5W-31023
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Friday, 31 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Michael Matheson on 28 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government when (a) HGV and (b) other vocational driving tests will resume.
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Question reference: S5W-31053
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 03 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what plans it has to bring forward investment in HMP Dumfries, in light of the recommendations in the recent HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland report.
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Question reference: S5W-30930
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Monday, 27 July 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Jeane Freeman on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government what recent discussions it has had with NHS Dumfries and Galloway regarding the future of community hospitals.
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Question reference: S5W-31224
- Asked by: Oliver Mundell, MSP for Dumfriesshire, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 18 August 2020
- Current Status: Answered by Kevin Stewart on 26 August 2020
To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S5W-31126 by Kevin Stewart on 14 August 2020, what additional support will be provided to (a) older and (b) vulnerable people to help them install interlinked fire alarms in all homes, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.